The
Bering Strait Crossing: A 21st century frontier
James A. Oliver
Category:
Non-Fiction -Exploration/Geography/World Affairs
Extent:
256 pages with Illustrations, maps. Annex, and Index.
Published
date: 2006 (Revised 2007) worldwide
ISBN:
0-9546995-6-4
(pbk) ISBN-(13): 978-0-9546995-6-7
ISBN: 0-9546995-7-2
(hbk) ISBN-(13): 978-0-9546995-7-4
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OVERVIEW
The search for the legendary Strait of Anian . . .Among greatest
adventures of all time - the story of how "The
End of the World" was found , , ,
The Bering Strait Crossing
is the epic story of the intercontinental divide. The
ancient waterway - when the fog clears over the Diomede
Islands - is among the world’s most stunning
vistas. This is where the 53-mile wide strait, named for
Danish explorer Vitus Bering (1681-1741), separates
four continents across the Europe-Asia landmass and the
Americas.
Isolation, extremes of climate, and
geopolitical tensions have intermingled to create the
perception of a frozen limbo at the edge of the world.
Yet the Bering Strait is the world’s geographical
crossroads - linking East with West - for nowhere else
on the globe is it possible to cross the Pacific overland,
between Asia and the Americas.
In the modern era, several schemes
have been proposed - rail, ferry, tunnel - by which to
cross the strait. Since the end of the Cold War, a scheduled
air service has been in place. The strait remains undefeated
in terms of a terrestrial link between the USA and Russia
- so far.
The author uncovers a world-shaping
revelation: that the Bering Strait has the potential to
become a global shipping nexus via the Northwest
Passage and the Northern Sea Route between Europe, North
America, and Asia.
In the early 21st century, the self-induced
amnesia of the long Cold War years is yielding to a fresh
outlook between East and West across the strait. In a
world thirsty for energy resources and trade, the prospect
for US-Russian cooperation across the northern Pacific
Rim is tantalizing in its multiplicity - and vastness
- with profound implications for the global economy.
James A. Oliver blends
geography, exploration and international relations (as
literary non-fiction) to recount a story that has, incredibly,
been lost to the archives - but which belongs to the future
as much as to the past. The Bering Strait Crossing
is an adventure story that is still unfolding, and which,
in the 21st century, stands as a frontier with new challenges
on the horizon . . .From East and West, enter a cast of
extraordinary protagonists: Pliny, Mercator, Dezhnev,
Vitus Bering, Shelikhov, Captain Cook, William Gilpin,
Roald Amundsen, and - since the end of the Cold War -
George Koumal, whose vision for a mighty project to cross
the strait is worthy of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire.
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