Why was Vitus Bering so important? He was a Danish cartographer who later became a naturalised Russian naval officer and explorer. In the early 18th century, during two expeditions financed by Tsar Peter the Great, Bering discovered the Strait — the 53-mile sea lane between Alaska and Siberia — which is named after him. The Bering Strait was recently in the news again because of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
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