The Bering Strait Crossing: A 21st Century Frontier between East and WestThe Bering Strait Crossing is the epic story of the Intercontinental Divide. The ancient waterway - when the fog clears over the Diomede Islands - is among the world’s most stunning vistas. This is where the 53-mile wide strait, named for Danish explorer Vitus Bering (1681-1741), separates four continents across the Europe-Asia landmass and the Americas. Extremes of climate, isolation, and geopolitical tension have all interfaced to create the perception of a frozen limbo at the edge of the world. Yet the Bering Strait is the world’s geographical crossroads - linking East with West - for nowhere else on the globe is it possible to cross the Pacific Rim between Asia and the Americas. In the modern era, various schemes have been proposed - rail, ferry, tunnel - by which to cross the strait. Since the end of the Cold War, a scheduled air service has been in place. The strait remains undefeated in terms of a terrestrial link between the USA and Russia - so far. The author uncovers a world-shaping revelation: that the Bering Strait has the potential to become a global shipping nexus via the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route between Europe, North America, and Asia. The self-induced amnesia of the long Cold War years is yielding to a fresh outlook between East and West across the strait. In a world thirsty for energy resources and trade, the prospect for US-Russian cooperation across the northern Pacific Rim is tantalising in its multiplicity - and vastness - with profound implications for the global economy. In this twenty first century, the Beringia corridors (N-S, E-W) have the potential to unite the world. |
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... explorer Vitus Bering ( 1681-1741 ) , separates four continents across the Europe - Asia landmass and the Americas . Extremes of climate , isolation , and geopolitical tension have interfaced to create the perception of a frozen limbo ...
... explorers and geography ; a brief interlude called ( reflecting history ) “ Cold War , Ice Curtain " ; and then " The Crossing ” , which looks , in outline , at the future of the Intercontinental Divide . Bureaucrats in a hurry should ...
... explorers , miners and madmen ( along with gold lust , scurvy , cabin fever or plains sickness , snow blindness , unquenchable thirst , hunger ) . The word endeavour seems to suggest itself - the frozen kind . There are other words ...
... explorer in command of an expedition of five ships from Spain . In 1520 , he navigated a passage through the Magellan Strait to round Cape Horn , and then crossed the Pacific - where he was killed by natives of the Philippines ( during ...
... Semen1 Dezhnev searched, not for fame as an explorer, but the wealth brought by furs and walrus ivory. 1 var. Semeyon, Semion The Deposition The detective story behind the discovery of Dezhnev ́s 36 H EVENT ORIZONS Dezhnev ~
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A Footnote to Gvozdev | 55 |
Captain Cooks Third Voyage | 61 |
Beyond the Two Islands Return to the Sandwich Islands | 73 |
W H Seward has his Way | 89 |
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The Bering Strait Crossing: A 21st Century Frontier between East and West James A. Oliver Limited preview - 2006 |