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1987 Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait
1987 Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from U.S. to U.S.S.R. in 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Bering Sea 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1893 U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea 1892 Britian and U.S. sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea 1791 Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska 1778 Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits 1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies 1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1741 Captain Bering discovers Mount St. Elias, Alaska 1741 Captain Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America |
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