Crossed Bering facts
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Camels originated in North America some 45 million years ago, and roamed as far north as the Arctic. 3-5 million years ago, they crossed the Bering land bridge to Eurasia and eventually migrated south. They also ambled down to South America, where they evolved into llamas and alpacas.
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There is a super highway between New York and London being proposed that would cross the Bering Strait.
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The "Bering Strait" theory, which states that peoples came to inhabit North America by crossing the land-bridge named "Beringia", has been effectively disproven. The corridor was not biologically habitable until 12K years ago, well after the date of the earliest human remains on the continent.
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Hyenas may have kept humans from crossing the Bering Strait for thousands of years
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In 2002 a Millionaire from the UK attempted to cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia in a modified snow machine during the few weeks in winter when the strait is potentially crossable.
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A man, George Schuster, drove a car from New York to Paris in 1908 hoping to cross the frozen Bering Strait to Siberia, he finished, but did have to take a boat at one point because the Strait was not frozen enough for driving - also snowplows did not exist...
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Paleo-Eskimo, who lived in the Arctic from about 5,000 years ago until about 700 years ago have no living descendants. Inuit ancestors crossed the Bering Strait only about 1,000 years ago and reached Greenland around 700 years ago. (news.ku.dk)
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The Bering Strait crossing which is hypothetical crossing that connect China, Russia, America and Canada; it would also make cargo transporting quicker by use of rail rather than by crossing the Pacific.
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Captain Max Gottschalk who crossed the Bering Strait by dogsled in 1913.
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Camels originated in North America and crossed the Bering land bridge into Asia around 12,000 BC. They were originally adapted to survive in cold climates.
