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	Vitus Jonassen Bering — Infoplease.com
		Having finally moved men and supplies across Siberia, Bering in 1728 sailed N through Bering Strait but sighted no land and did not recognize the importance of the strait.
		Bering himself headed an expedition across the sea to Alaska.
		Sailing W past the Aleutian Islands, the ship was wrecked on the shore of Bering Island, which they mistook for the coast of Kamchatka.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0807168.html (187 words)

	Vitus Bering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich.
		Bering was subsequently commissioned to a further expedition, and returned to Okhotsk in 1735.
		Bering became too ill to command his ship, which was at last driven to refuge on an uninhabited island in the Commander Islands group (Komandorskiye Ostrova) in the southwest Bering Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vitus_Bering (688 words)

	Horsens Museum - Vitus Bering - en (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Vitus Jonassen Bering was born in Horsens in 1681.
		Vitus Bering was the leader and besides the overall organisation it was his task to find and map the west coast of America.
		Bering and his crew had to spend the winter on the island, living in driftwood huts that were dug into the sand.
	www.horsensmuseum.dk /bering/ber_en.htm (458 words)

	Vitus Bering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Bering was renowned for his explorations of northeastern Siberia, Bering Strait, and Alaska which extended from 1725 until his death in that primitive shelter near the beach on Ostrov Beringa.
		Vitus Bering, who had served honorably in the Great Northern War (1700–1721) and who was made captain in August 1724, was named by the Czar to lead this first expedition to Kamchatka.
		Bering himself was in command of the flagship St. Peter, with the Swede Sven Waxell as second in command.
	www.dpc.dk /PolarPubs/Digital/VitusBering.html (4956 words)

	Sonya Percival, Summer 1997
		Vitus Bering was born on August 12, 1681 in Horensesn, Denmark.
		Captain Bering, quite convinced that the needed evidence was obtained, consulted his officers as to the continuation of the expedition, which he considered to be increasingly dangerous (his reasoning was mainly the worsening weather conditions: it was the end of August, the seas were stormy, and the visibility was often decreased due to fog.
		Bering was sufficiently convinced that Asia and America were separated by the strait, which fact he promptly reported to the Russian Admiralty College, upon his return to St. Petersburg in 1730.
	courses.washington.edu /ocn101/Percival.html (1797 words)

	Vitus Bering Biography / Biography of Vitus Bering Biography
		Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Dane in Russian employ, led two major exploratory expeditions that significantly expanded knowledge of the northern Pacific region.
		Vitus Bering was born in the Danish town of Horsens in the summer of 1681.
		Bering was to locate and map the American coast as far as the first European settlement; other groups, coordinated by him, were to chart the Siberian coast and determine once and for all whether Asia and America were connected.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-vitus-bering (753 words)

	SEA and STRAIT BERING ISLAND - LoveToKnow Article on SEA and STRAIT BERING ISLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Bering Sea is the northward continuation of the Pacific Ocean, from which it is demarcated by the long chain of the Aleutian Islands.
		It is bounded on the east by Alaska, and on the west by the Siberian and Kamchatkan coast.
		Under Bering on his last voyage (1741) was Commander Chirikov of the St Paul, and after being separated from his leader during foggy weather this officer reached the Alaskan coast and explored a considerable stretch of it.
	75.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BERING_ISLAND_SEA_and_STRAIT.htm (604 words)

	Bering, Vitus Jonassen
		An officer in the Russian navy, Bering was appointed in 1725 by Peter the Great to explore the Siberian coast.
		After 3 years' delay, Bering sailed from Okhotsk and passed through Bering Str, proving that Asia and America were not joined.
		On the return voyage his ship was delayed by storms and had to put in at Bering I, where he died of scurvy.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000695 (114 words)

	Kamchatka: Bering Island
		The reason for filming on Bering Island was a simple one: The island is part of the Kamchatka Oblast, or political region, and nearly three-quarters of it is a biosphere reserve.
		Bering was working in the employ of the Russia Navy, and had just discovered the coast of Alaska when he and his Russian crew attempted to sail back to Kamchatka across what later became known as the Bering Sea.
		Although Bering himself died on Dec 8, 1741 and nearly one half of his crew perished, in the end it was the abundant sea life of Bering Island that saved them.
	www.pbs.org /edens/kamchatka/bering.html (1834 words)

	Bering Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bering Island (Russian: Ostrov Beringa) is located off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea (55°0′N 166°15′E).
		Bering Island is a treeless island with hills.
		Peter), was shipwrecked and died of an illness on Bering Island, along with 28 of his men.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bering_Island (171 words)

	Nordic Explorer: VitusBering
		Vitus Bering was born in the year 1681 at Horsens.
		Today, Vitus Bering is regarded as some kind of Russian Columbus and he enjoys much respect on the whole in the country where he did his life-work, especially in its eastern areas.
		Sven Waxell, who succeeded Bering as leader of the expedition, in his report later submitted to the Admiralty described his predecessor's burial as follows: "His body was tied to a board and put into the ground.
	www.3rd1000.com /history3/explorers/bering.htm (2337 words)

	Vitus Bering - People of Alaska
		Bering left St. Petersburg on February 5, 1725 leading an expedition that travelled across Siberia and set up a base in Kamchatka.
		It wasn't until 1740 that Bering reached Kamchatka, having spent the first years of the journey exploring northern Siberia.
		Bering sighted the volcano Mount Saint Elias in 1741, and sailed past Kodiak Island.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ak_vjb.htm (280 words)

	Vitus Bering
		In 1725, under the auspices of the Russian government, he went overland to Okhotsk, crossed to Kamchatka, and built the ship "Gabriel." In her he pushed northward in 1728, until he could no longer observe any extension of the land to the north, or its appearance to the east.
		He was subsequently commissioned to a further expedition, and in 1740 established the settlement of Petropavlosk in Kamchatka; and built two vessels, the "St. Peter" and "St. Paul", in which in 1741 he led an expedition towards America.
		Bering died on the 19th of December 1741.
	www.nndb.com /people/082/000094797 (304 words)

	Bering, Vitus Jonassen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Vitus Bering was an officer in the Russian navy.
		As a reward for his bravery he was appointed by the Emperor of Russia to explore the coast of Siberia.
		In 1728 he sailed through Bering Strait, proving for the first time that Asia and America are separate continents.
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	Vitus Jonassen Bering
		Bering was also asked to determined the loaction of Gamaland, a large land mass thought to lie in the vicinity of the Asian coast at 46° N. Sailing in two ships, Bering and Chirikov landed at several places along the Aleutian Islands and the coast of the North American mainland between June and September 1741.
		The stamp was issued for the 250th anniversary of the voyages of Bering and Chirikov.
		Bering's ship was forced to land on the lagrgest island of the Komandorship group.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/bering1.htm (322 words)

	Vitus Bering - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic
		Bering actually duplicated the discovery by Semyon Dezhnev, who sailed in 1648 but whose report lay unnoticed until the 18th century.
		Continuing on his journey, Bering and his crew were prevented from finding the coast of Alaska by bad weather and dangerous ice conditions which eventually forced their return.
		Frozen over from October until June, the Bering Strait is an arm of the North Pacific Ocean, bounded on the east by Alaska, on the south by the Aleutian Islands, and on the west by Siberia (Russian Asia) and the Kamchatka Peninsula.
	www.allthingsarctic.com /exploration/bering.aspx (458 words)

	Vitus Bering Denmark - About us
		The advantage of this organisational structure is that Vitus Bering can offer total educational programmes - from upper secondary education to higher education as well as courses and advanced training programmes covering a wide spectrum of technical and business subjects and social education.
		Vitus Jonassen Bering was born in Horsens in 1681 and became one of the most accomplished explorers in the world.
		Therefore the name Vitus Bering was the obvious choice for this internationally oriented institution.
	vitusbering.com /sw747.asp (217 words)

	Today in History: October 25
		Bering was born in 1681 in Horsens, Denmark, but for 38 years served with the Russian fleet.
		Bering died in December, but the survivors nursed themselves back to health eating whale blubber, fox meat, and spring greens.
		Search on the term Bering to see many items related to the Captain-Commander's voyages, for example, the 1732 Journal of Captain-Commandor Vitus Bering's Voyage to Kamchatka, the Journal of Captain-Commandor Vitus Bering and Lieutenant Sven Waxell written aboard the St.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/oct25.html (1185 words)

	Vitus Bering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Bering and his men returned to Petersberg in 1730, where he was criticized for not actually having seen the American coast.
		Bering was suddenly infected with scurvy and became too sick to command his ships.
		Bering and his men were driven to refuge on an uninhabited island in the Comander Island which they mistook for the coast of Kamchatka.
	www.wtisbury.mv.k12.ma.us /projects/explorer_web/mariah.html (477 words)

	RUSNET.NL :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Bering, Vitus
		Vitus Jonassen Bering was one of the world's most famous explorers.
		Vitus Jonassen Bering was born in Horsens, Denmark in 1681.
		This was the primary reason for establishing a Russian-Danish research team which was to find and excavate Bering's grave and subsequently recreate his face from the cranium.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/b/print/bering.shtml (431 words)

	Denmark - History - Biographies
		In 1704 Bering went into Russian service and became a second lieutenant in the newly formed Russian navy, where he distinguished himself during the Great Nordic War and was promoted to commander.
		In 1724 Bering was selected to lead an expedition which was to travel through Siberia to the Pacific to investigate if there was a North East Passage or if Siberia was connected with the North American continent.
		In the summer of 1728 Bering sailed so far north without seeing Alaska that he believed he had established that Asia and America were not connected and that the North East Passage therefore existed.
	www.um.dk /Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap6/6-23.asp (224 words)

	AllRefer.com - Vitus Jonassen Bering (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
		Vitus Jonassen Bering[vE´toos yO´nAsun bAr´ing] Pronunciation Key, 1681–1741, Danish explorer in Russian employ.
		Having finally moved men and supplies across Siberia, Bering in 1728 sailed N through Bering Strait but sighted no land and did not recognize the importance of the strait.
		Sailing W past the Aleutian Islands, the ship was wrecked on the shore of Bering Island, which they mistook for the coast of Kamchatka.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bering-V.html (315 words)

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		This was Bering's second attempt to reach Alaska from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.
		This time Bering's task was not only to oversee the expedition but to find and map the west coast of America.
		But when Bering and his crew tried to sail back to Kamchatka across what was later known as the Bering Sea, they were blown off course by fierce winter storms.
	www.gocornerstore.com /Inventory_files/August_T/20T.html (432 words)

	The Story of the Danish Vitus Bering Stamps
		Vitus Bering was born in Horsens as a son of Jonas Svendsen Halmstad and Anne Pedersdatter Bering.
		One in Copenhagen and one in the town of Vitus Bering: Horsens in Jutland.
		One of the portraits was apparently used to depict Bering on a 1957 Russian stamp commemorating "The 275 Anniversary of Vitus Bering's birth." (The accurate anniversary was 1956.)
	www.norby.dk /danes/bering.html (2611 words)

	Bering, Vitus -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Born in 1681 in Horsens, Denmark, Vitus Bering was sent by Peter the Great on an expedition in 1728 to see if the continents of Asia and America were connected.
		An expedition appointed by the Russian tsar and led by a Danish mariner, Vitus Bering, in 1728 determined that the new land was not linked to the Russian mainland, but because of fog it failed to locate North America.
		The northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean is the Bering Sea, the body of water that separates Siberia in Asia from Alaska in North America.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9310175 (801 words)

	ABCBookWorld
		Vitus Bering is often wrongly credited with confirming the separation of the two continents in 1728.
		Bering’s last expedition sailed in September of 1740 from Okhotsk accompanied by the St. Paul under the command of Aleksei Chirikov.
		Vitus Bering died on December 8, 1741 on Bering Island, east of Kamchatka.
	www.abcbookworld.com /?state=view_author&author_id=4627 (1235 words)

	The Story of the Danish Vitus Bering Stamps
		Vitus Bering was born in Horsens as a son of Jonas Svendsen Halmstad and Anne Pedersdatter Bering.
		One in Copenhagen and one in the town of Vitus Bering: Horsens in Jutland.
		One of the portraits was apparently used to depict Bering on a 1957 Russian stamp commemorating "The 275 Anniversary of Vitus Bering's birth." (The accurate anniversary was 1956.)
	www.norbyhus.dk /danes/bering.html (2611 words)

	Into the Rising Sun
		He appointed Captain Vitus Bering to lead an expedition to explore the seas between Siberia and Alaska to determine if the two lands were connected by a land bridge.
		Rounding the peninsula in early August, Vitus Bering became the second explorer to sail through the famous 55 mile-wide strait separating Siberia from the western extent of Alaska.
		The expedition reached the southeast coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in 1740, where Vitus Bering laid the foundation stones at Avacha Bay for the port of Petropavlovsk, named after the two ships that would carry his expedition west: the St.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C16/E1604.htm (3619 words)

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