Sail from Alaska to Russia and back across the Bering Sea, experiencing all the natural wonders these starkly beautiful places have to offer. In Alaska, cruise via Zodiac looking for bears at Geographic Harbor and Kukak Bay, and see Bald Eagles up close in Dutch Harbor.
The Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, which, due to its location at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, is one of the busiest sea routes in the world. It is also a passage for maritime traffic to …
Suppose you want to get from Russia to Alaska ly. First of all, the vicinity of Bering Strait is very sparsely populated. There aren’t more than 50,000 people …
Setterquist got his start fishing the Bering Sea, but now captains tugs that pull barges filled with things like freight or fuel. Sharm Setterquist is a captain for Cook Inlet Tug and Barge.
The Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) wide at its narrowest point. It is known for its strong currents, cold water and choppy seas. Symbolic start.
The three-mile-wide strait lies between Crimea and Kerch Peninsula. In Russia’s eyes, both banks of the strait are Russian national territory.
Karl Bushby (born 30 March 1969) is a British ex-paratrooper, walking adventurer and author, currently attempting to be the first person to completely walk an unbroken path around the world. Bushby’s trek is known as the Goliath Expedition .
Strait of Tartary or Gulf of Tartary (Russian: Татарский пролив; Chinese: 韃靼海峽; pinyin: Dádá hǎixiá; Japanese: 間宮海峡, translit. Mamiya kaikyō , lit. ‘Mamiya Strait’; Korean : 타타르 해협 ) is a strait in the Pacific Ocean dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin from mainland Asia (South-East Russia ), connecting the Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the Sea of Japan on the south.
In 2008, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved the plan to build a railroad to the Bering Strait area, as a part of the development plan to run until 2030. The more than 100-kilometre (60 mi) tunnel would run under the Bering Strait between Chukotka, in the Russian far east, and Alaska. The cost estimate was US$66 billion.
Tatar Strait, Russian Tatarsky Proliv, also called Gulf Of Tatary, narrow passage of the northwest Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Japan (south) to the Sea of Okhotsk between Sakhalin Island (east) and the Asian mainland. From 4.5 to 213 miles (7 to 342 km) in width and 393 miles (632 km) long, it is generally shallow with depths less than 700 feet (210 m).
