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PEA (Pisum)

PEA G J FF '-~ 0 O=L A N. s- EnieryWalkabo It is 69 m. See also:

long and 28 m. in extreme breadth; the See also:

AREA

area is 615 sq. m. The extreme See also:

ELEVATION

elevation is about 300 ft. The smaller See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

Copper Island lies near. The islands are treeless, and the See also:

CLIMATE

climate is severe, but there is a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about 65o. Bering Sea is the northward continuation of the Pacific Ocean, from which it is demarcated by the long See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of the Aleutian Islands. It is bounded on the east by See also:

ALASKA

Alaska, and on the See also:

west by the Siberian and Kamchatkan coast. Its area is estimated at 870,000 sq. m.

In the See also:

north and east it has numerous islands (St See also:

Lawrence, St See also:

Matthew, Nunivak and the Pribiloff group) and is shallow; in the south-west it reaches depths over 2000 fathoms. The See also:

seal-See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are important (see BERING SEA See also:

ARBITRATION). The sea is connected with the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic Ocean northward by Bering Strait, at the narrowest part of which East Cape (Deshnev) in See also:

ASIA

Asia approaches within about 56 m. of Cape See also:

Prince of See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales on the See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

SHORE

shore. North and south of these points the coasts on both sides rapidly diverge. They are steep and rocky, and considerably indented. The extreme See also:

DEPTH

depth of the strait approaches 50 fathoms, and it contains two small islands known as the Diomede Islands. These See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite domes, lacking a See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, See also:

lie about a mile apart, and the boundary See also:

LINE

line between the possessions of Russia and the See also:

UNITED

United States passes between them. They are occupied by a small tribe of about 8o See also:

ESKIMO, ESKIMOS

Eskimo, who have from See also:

early times plied the See also:

trade of middlemen between Asia and See also:

AMERICA

America. They See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call the western island Nunarbook and the eastern Ignalook. Haze and fogs greatly prevail in the strait, which is never See also:

FREE

free of See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice. The earliest names associated with the exploration of Bering Strait are those of Russians seeking to extend their trading facilities. Isai See also:

IGNATIEV, NICHOLAS PAVLOVICH, COUNT (1832-1908)

Ignatiev made a voyage eastward from the Kolyma See also:

RIVER

river in 1646, and See also:

Simon Dezhnev in 1648 followed his route and prolonged it, rounding the East or Dezhnev Cape, and entering the strait.

The See also:

POST

post of Anadyrsk was founded on the river See also:

ANADYR, (1)

Anadyr, and overland communications were gradually opened up. A See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian named Popov first learnt a rumour of the existence of islands east of Cape Dezhnev, and of the proximity of America, and presently there followed the explorations of Vitus Bering. In 1731 the navigator See also:

Michael Gvosdev was driven by See also:

storm from a point north of Cape Dezhnev to within sight of the Alaskan coast, which he followed for two days. Under Bering on his last voyage (1741) was Commander Chirikov of the " St See also:

Paul," and after being separated from his See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader during foggy See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather this officer reached the Alaskan coast and explored a considerable stretch of it. See also:

LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant Waxel and See also:

William Steller, a naturalist, See also:

LEFT

left at the See also:

head of Bering's party after his death, by their researches laid the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the important See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur trade of these See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters. The Aleutian Islands gradually became known in the pursuit of this trade, through Michael Novidiskov (1745) and his successors, and it was not until See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

James See also:

Cook, working from the south, explored the sea and strait in 1778 that the See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of See also:

DISCOVERY

discovery set farther northward.

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