the Bering Strait
noun uk/ˌbeə.rɪŋ ˈstreɪt/ us/ˌber.ɪŋ ˈstreɪt/
白令海峡
a narrow part of the northern Pacific Ocean that separates Russia and the US
Their ancestors are believed to have wandered across the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska thousands of years ago. 据信，他们的祖先在数千年前从西伯利亚穿越白令海峡来到阿拉斯加。
Today only the Bering Strait, some 50 miles wide, separates the two continents. 如今，只有宽约50英里的白令海峡将这两块大陆隔开。
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- Present-day portions of former Beringia lands on either side of the Bering Strait have been designated as protected areas.
- The Clovis hunters are thought to have migrated across the Bering Strait.
- The greatest change will be the opening of the Bering Strait in the Arctic Ocean due to the warming climate.