They designed skin boats and harpoons for hunting marine mammals ... about a "Great Land" that lay to the east across the water. In 1728, Vitus Bering, a Danish-born officer in the Russian ...

What Makes A Boat A Yacht? When it comes to boats, you'll find all sorts of vessels sailing on the waters, though they won't all have the same terms applied to them. One area where it can be a matter ...

Elder. Map of the Bering Sea, showing the extensive shallow shelf and deep basin. Click image for a larger view. The eastern Bering Sea shelf supports a diverse, abundant and highly productive ...

MERTARVIK, Alaska (AP) — Growing up along the banks of the Ninglick River in western Alaska, Ashley Tom would look out of her window after strong storms from the Bering Sea hit her village and ...

The longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island in the world is located along the Padre Island National Seashore, reaching some 70 miles across ... Don't have your own boat?

Today, erosion and melting permafrost have just about destroyed Newtok, eating about 70 feet (21.34 meters) of land every year.All that's left are some dilapidated and largely abandoned gray homes ...

Today, erosion and melting permafrost have just about destroyed Newtok, eating about 70 feet (21.34 meters ... will load their possessions onto boats to move to Mertarvik, rejoining 230 residents ...