T he Bering Bridge is a section of land that goes across the Bering between Alaska and Russia. While it is deep underwater today, that was not the case in the past.

The land bridge, now submerged under the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia, was above water from about 36,000 years ago to 11,000 years ago.

The Bering Land Bridge once connected Russia to Alaska and was a crossing point for some of the first humans to populate the Americas. But during certain periods, ...

Researchers and crew members pose beside the University of Alaska Fairbanks research ship Sikuliaq in Dutch Harbor during a 2023 cruise to the Bering Sea to learn more about the Bering Land Bridge.

Keosayan suggested in March 2024 that Alaska secede from the U.S. and join Russia, which sold the land to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million. Alaska gained statehood in 1959.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, also said the U.S. military deployed a guided missile destroyer and a Coast Guard vessel to the western region of Alaska as Russia and China began the “Ocean-24 ...