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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... Polar Region by Mercator (1595) The. Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin; Alaska State Archives, USA; archives of The New York Times. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a ...
... Polar Regions - is, however, about right in respect of the Northern Sea Routes. Map: the Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio (polar) of Gerardus Mercator. For George Koumal Front Cover: Where Continents Meet: the Bering.
... Project ~ 188 - Pax Pacifica Intercontinental Divide ~ 199 APPENDIX Vitus Bering's Report to the Admiralty from Okhotsk ( 2nd Voyage , 5 Dec. 1737 ) SOURCES INFORMATION & DATA INDEX MAPS Map 1. The North Polar Region by Mercator (
... Polar Region by Mercator ( 1595 ) ~ 3 Map 2. Intercontinental Divide Gerhardt Müller ' s map ( 1758 ) with voyages of Dezhnev and Bering ~ 6 Map 3. & 4. World : Atlantic - biased and Pacific - biased ( Robinson Projection ) ~ 21 Map 5 ...
... Polar Region ( see frontispiece Map 1 ) , the strait is shown to open into the Northwest Passage . The two passages , eastern and western , were therefore found to converge at the Strait . From Pliny to Gastaldi and Mercator , among ...
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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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