The New World and the Old World aren't actually very far apart at all. This is the story of the 50-mile gap between them. Let's Explore!
Coolest fact that didn't make the video: bronze artifacts from Asia have been discovered buried on the Alaskan side of the strait from over a thousand years ago! Unfortunately, the pictures are copyrighted so I couldn't show them here, but here is a link to the story: [ Ссылка ]
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Image Credits:
The Americas - By Martin23230 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Cape Dezhnev - By Ansgar Walk - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Chukotka - By Stasyan117 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Chersky range - By autmn - Wikimapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Beringia Hypothesis - By User:Roblespepe - [ Ссылка ], CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Inupiat Dancing - By Floyd Davidson - Nikon and magic, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Siberian Yupik map - By Любослов Езыкин - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Inuit Conf. Map - By Kmusser - self-made using Digital Chart of the World data., CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Vitus Bering - By Институт Археологии РАН (Institute of Archaeology in Russian Academy of Sciences) - Ылыллыбыт сирэ [ Ссылка ], CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Northeast Passage - By Collin Knopp-Schwyn and Turkish Flame, CC BY 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Maersk Ships - By kees torn - MAERSK MC KINNEY MÖLLER & MARSEILLE MAERSK, CC BY-SA 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
Whittier Tunnel - By Mark Fickett - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Shanghai - By J. Patrick Fischer - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
NYC - By Kozak4512 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Nome - By ra64 from nome, usa - Nome from the west, CC BY-SA 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
Uelen - By Dbmonde - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
