13 min Watch the programme The Bering Strait is the closest point of contact between Russia and the United States. It separates Chukotka, an autonomous Russian district, from Alaska by just 85 km.

Seven of the eight Arctic Council members (all but Russia) promptly decided to boycott meetings over the war and only met ...

Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard ... And in 1741, Vitus Bering successfully crossed the strait that bears his name and sighted Mt. Saint Elias, near what is now the village of Yakutat, Alaska.

As Arctic ice melts, new trade routes, mineral riches, and economic opportunities emerge, reshaping global geopolitics and ...

In this video and publication series, we are focusing on the fisheries crisis in Alaska. You will hear directly from ... the Arctic more challenging than ever before. Across the Bering Strait, Russian ...

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month An emergency task force arrived ...

A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged ...