Bering Strait: Corridor to the New World. Who opened the strait between Asia and America

The Bering Strait separates Eurasia from America. It is located slightly south of the Arctic Circle at a latitude of approximately 65 ° 40 ° N. sh. Warmer air flows north through the strait surface water from Bering Sea, south along the western coastal strip - cold water from the Arctic Ocean.

Ratmanov Island, located in the Bering Strait, is the easternmost point of Russia. Him and neighboring island Krusenstern was discovered by the expedition of Mikhail Gvozdev (died after 1759).
From October to August, the Bering Strait is covered with drifting ice.
In paleogeography, the region to which the strait belongs is called Beringia, meaning by this those periods when Asia and North America were connected due to a drop in the level of the World Ocean, and the region of the Bering Strait and the continental shelf surrounding the continents was land. The length of this piece of land from north to south in the region of the current strait was up to 2000 km, and along this wide passage there was a mutual exchange of fauna and flora between the Old and New Worlds, and subsequently two waves of migrations of ancient man passed through it.

Story

According to latest research, the first wave of migration passed through the Bering Isthmus 25-39 thousand years ago. These were the ancestors of certain American peoples, for example, the Tlingit in the southeast of Alaska and the Fuegians at the southern tip South America. Subsequently, Beringia was covered with a glacier for almost 15 thousand years, and only shortly before the flooding of these lands at the end of the last ice age, about 11 thousand years ago, the path through Beringia was reopened, and the ancestors of the Paleo-Indians migrated along it. And much later, the Aleuts and Eskimos, who used to live in Northeast Asia, migrated to New World on the ice, this, already the third migration, did not interfere with the presence of the strait.
In the history of the development of the Far North, the process of searching for a place where Asia and North America are connected (or separated) was called "search for Northeast Passage". By the time this search began, the strait had already existed for several thousand years, but this was not yet known. The search proceeded simultaneously from the north and from the south. From the north, the work was extremely difficult due to the fact that the way by sea was long, and most the seas of the Arctic Ocean were ice-bound.
Nevertheless, for the first time it was possible to pass the strait entirely from north to south, and the Russian navigator Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev (1605-1673) did it. Cossack ataman and merchant, he was in 1648 during the expedition for the "walrus bone" (as the tusks of these marine mammals) and furs in a storm passed the strait between Asia and America along its entire length on cochs ( sailing ships with a hinged rudder and oars), of which only three survived. In honor of Semyon Dezhnev, a cape was named, which is the extreme northeastern tip of Asia.
For a long time, no one knew about Dezhnev's discovery, and the navigator himself, who was a brave traveler, but had no education, did not realize its importance.
Officially, the honor of opening the strait belongs to Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Danish officer in the service of the Russian Emperor Peter I (1672-1725). Shortly before his death, Tsar Peter sent Bering on an expedition to the Far East on a secret mission: to find an isthmus or strait between Asia and North America.
In 1728, on the boat "Saint Gabriel", the Bering expedition went through the strait in, although American coast did not see. Nevertheless, the fact of the existence of the strait was proved, and it was named after Bering.
The Bering Strait is located between Eurasia and North America, it connects (the Chukchi Sea) with Pacific Ocean(). Diomede Islands, belonging to Russia and the United States, divide the strait into three passages. In the middle of the Bering Strait, between the Diomede Islands, passes state border Russian Federation and the United States of America.
The Bering Strait is located between eastern point Asia (Cape Dezhnev) and most western point North America(Cape Prince of Wales).
In the middle of the Bering Strait are the Diomede Islands, and between them is the state border of Russia and the United States. The demarcation (marking) of the border was carried out in 1867 in accordance with the terms of the agreement on the sale of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands by Russia to the North American United States.
The Russian island of Ratmanov (Big Diomede) is larger in area, administratively it belongs to the Chukotsky district of the Chukotka autonomous region. There is no permanent population on the island, but there is an outpost of Russian border guards, as well as a station for polar explorers. Here is one of the most numerous bird colonies in the region, where 11 species of sea birds live with a total number of over 4 million individuals.
In general, the fauna of the Bering Strait is rich. This is due to the fact that sea ​​waters, moving from the Bering Sea to the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, are relatively warm and rich in food. There are a lot of fish, especially salmon, and marine mammals, including the bowhead whale, beluga whale, gray whale, Pacific walrus, ringed seal, striped seal, spotted seal, bearded seal (sea hare). The polar bear also lives on the coasts of the Bering Strait.
The American island of Krusenstern in the USA is called Little Diomede, its Eskimo name is Ingalik, or Ignaluk, which means "lying opposite". Only 3.76 km separate the Russian and american islands. Kruzenshtern Island can be called relatively inhabited: there are small town Diomede with a population of 115 people. Administratively, the island is included in the "unorganized borough" - part american state Alaska, independent of the sixteen other Alaskan "organized boroughs." Every winter locals cut through the thick layer of snow runway for aircraft local aviation bringing cargo from continental Alaska.
In the years cold war the Soviet-American border was closed here - and local residents lost the opportunity to visit each other, as was customary before. Because of this, the local border was then called the "ice curtain" (by analogy with the "iron curtain").
Nowadays border area Russia in the Bering Strait remains a closed zone, which requires special permission to visit.
Russia and the United States periodically discuss the issue of connecting the shores of the Bering Strait (Chukotka and Alaska) through a tunnel or bridge. The first such projects date back to 1864, when the Russian-American Telegraph Company was about to build a land-based telegraph line across the strait. The project failed due to competition with submarine lines. telegraph cable across the Atlantic.
Critics of the project say that the construction of a tunnel or a bridge is impossible, since it is beyond the modern technical capabilities of mankind: the distance between the banks of the strait at the narrowest point is large (86 km), such a large-scale construction on an uninhabited territory is practically impossible, and construction costs will never pay off . Supporters of the project to connect the shores of the strait emphasize the political factor: the bridge (or tunnel) will help strengthen relations between Russia and the United States.

general information

Origin: tectonic.

Islands: Diomeda, Ratmanova (Big Diomede, Imaklik) - Russia; Kruzenshtern Island (Small Diomede, Ingalik, Ignaluk) - USA.

The largest settlements : Uelen (northeast of the Chukotka Peninsula, 712 people, - 2012); Wales (west of the Seward Peninsula, 145 people - 2010); the city of Diomede (Kruzenshtern Island, 115 people - 2010).

Languages: Russian, Chukchi, English, Eskimo-Aleut languages.

Monetary units: Russian ruble, U.S. dollar.

Numbers

Width (smallest): 86 km.
Max Depth: 49 m.
The smallest fairway depth: 36 m.

Distance: from Ratmanov Island to the coast of Chukotka - 35.68 km; from Kruzenshtern Island to the coast of Alaska - 25 km.

Climate and weather

Average air temperature in January: -15 to -25°C.

Average air temperature in July: from +5 to +10°С.

Average annual rainfall: 500-600 mm.
Average annual wind speed: 7.5 m/s.

Relative humidity: 85%.

Economy

Attractions

Ratmanov Island(Russia): large bird colonies, walrus rookeries, a place of mass migration of gray whales

Krusenstern Island(USA): City of Diomede

Natural: national park"Beringia" (Alaska, USA), natural and ethnic park "" (Russia), Cape Dezhnev (Russia), Cape Prince of Wales (USA)

Other: international line date changes

Curious facts

Koch is a sea sailing vessel of Siberian fishermen, hunters and merchants. Kochi were wooden, with one mast and oars. A feature of the koch was the so-called "kotsa" - a special additional hull lining that could withstand the pressure of ice.

After Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, the dates in Alaska were shifted back one day to synchronize with the US calendar date, as they previously corresponded to the Russian calendar date.

In 1971, the Semyon Dezhnev icebreaker was launched, and is still serving as a port icebreaker of the Seaport of St. Petersburg.

The most high point on the island of Ratmanov is called Mount Roof, its height is 505 m.

The name "Beringia" (Bering Land Bridge) is a national park in the state of Alaska (USA). The park was created in 1978 on an area of ​​1052.6 thousand hectares to protect the peculiar northern coastal landscapes, and especially lakes, frozen lava flows and hot springs, as well as paleontological monuments with the remains of the "Beringian" fauna. Also "Beringia" is the name of the natural-ethnic park on the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russia), formed in 1993.

A series named after Bering geographical objects: Bering Strait, Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier (Alaska, USA).

On Ratmanov Island in 1976, the first and so far the only individual hummingbird was seen that flew into Russian territory. The little pioneer belonged to the species of buffy hummingbird.

The Bering Strait has repeatedly tried to cross a variety of ways. In 1913, the German captain Max Gottschalk was the first to cross the strait not on board a sea vessel, but on dog sled. In 1979, the Frenchman Arnaud de Rosnay crossed the Bering Strait on a windsurfer. In 1987, American swimmer Lynn Cox made a symbolic swim in the Bering Strait in order to "destroy the" ice curtain "". In 1998 Russian travelers Dmitry and Matvey Shparo crossed the strait on skis. In 2011, Russian kitesurfers Yevgeny Novozheev and Konstantin Aksenov managed to cross the strait on water on a kiteboard using a kite.

Ratmanov Island - Russian territory, the first to meet New Year due to its proximity to the International Date Line.

Local residents on the shores and islands of the Bering Strait are allowed to harvest marine mammals for food. The meat of a sea animal is a necessary component of the diet of the indigenous people of Chukotka: this is the only way they get the proteins, vitamins and microelements necessary for the body.

In 1956, the USSR proposed to the United States a project for the joint construction of a dam across the Bering Strait in order to increase the temperature of the waters of the Arctic Ocean and accelerate melting sea ​​ice. According to the project, warm water would be pumped through a dam into the Arctic Ocean. The American side refused to participate in the project because of its gigantic cost.

The Bering Strait separates Eurasia and America. It is the modern border between Russian Chukotka and Alaska. This strait is very difficult to access due to changeable weather, strong winds and ice. Therefore, it was almost impossible to walk along it in the 18th century.

Who is the Bering Strait named after?

As mentioned above, the Bering Strait is natural boundary Russia. Its discovery took place in the 18th century and is associated with the expeditions of V. Bering. It was in its part that the strait was named. V. Bering made several voyages in the Arctic Ocean. Their goal was to find northern route to Asia. Therefore, you should consider the features of his voyages in more detail:

• V. Bering has been in the Russian service since the time of Peter the Great. In 1725 the First Kamchatka Expedition was organized. Its participants first reached Okhotsk, where they built a ship and sailed north on it;
• The result of this expedition was to obtain information about the shores of Kamchatka and the discovery of the Bering Strait. Actually, at that time the strait was not yet so named;
• after the report in St. Petersburg on the results of the first expedition, the Second Kamchatka expedition was organized. At the same time, V. Bering was given the task of penetrating into America and understanding how close its shores are from Russian Kamchatka;
• during the next voyage, V. Bering discovered and described the Aleutian Islands and some others geographic features. In fact, his expeditions marked the beginning of the colonization of Alaska by Russia.

Thus, the Bering Strait is named after the Russian navigator V. Bering, who lived in the middle of the 18th century.

The death of a navigator

During these voyages, Bering Island, the Commander Islands and others were discovered. During the voyage, Bering's ship was badly damaged by a storm and the sailors could not reach Russia. The team stayed for the winter on the island, later named after V. Bering. During the winter, 29 people out of 75 in the crew died, including 60-year-old V. Bering. The reason for the death of the sailors was the lack of vitamins, cold and lack of food.

The Bering Strait separates Eurasia from America. It is located slightly south of the Arctic Circle at a latitude of approximately 65 ° 40 ° N. sh. Warmer surface water from the Bering Sea flows north through the strait, and cold water from the Arctic Ocean flows south along the western coastal strip.

Ratmanov Island, located in the Bering Strait, is the easternmost point of Russia. It and the neighboring island of Kruzenshtern were discovered by the expedition of Mikhail Gvozdev (died after 1759).
From October to August, the Bering Strait is covered with drifting ice.
In paleogeography, the region to which the strait belongs is called Beringia, meaning by this those periods when Asia and North America were connected due to a drop in the level of the World Ocean, and the region of the Bering Strait and the continental shelf surrounding the continents was land. The length of this piece of land from north to south in the region of the current strait was up to 2000 km, and along this wide passage there was a mutual exchange of fauna and flora between the Old and New Worlds, and subsequently two waves of migrations of ancient man passed through it.

Story

According to the latest research, the first wave of migration passed through the Bering Isthmus 25-39 thousand years ago. These were the ancestors of certain American peoples, such as the Tlingit in southeast Alaska and the Fuegians at the southern tip of South America. Subsequently, Beringia was covered with a glacier for almost 15 thousand years, and only shortly before the flooding of these lands at the end of the last ice age, about 11 thousand years ago, the path through Beringia was reopened, and the ancestors of the Paleo-Indians migrated along it. And much later, the Aleuts and Eskimos, who had previously lived in Northeast Asia, migrated to the New World across the ice; the presence of the strait did not prevent this third migration.
In the history of the development of the Far North, the process of searching for a place where Asia and North America are connected (or separated) was called the “search for the Northeast Passage”. By the time this search began, the strait had already existed for several thousand years, but this was not yet known. The search proceeded simultaneously from the north and from the south. From the north, the work was extremely difficult due to the fact that the way by sea was long, and most of the year the seas of the Arctic Ocean were ice-bound.
Nevertheless, for the first time it was possible to pass the strait entirely from north to south, and the Russian navigator Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev (1605-1673) did it. A Cossack ataman and merchant, in 1648, during an expedition for a “walrus bone” (as the tusks of these marine mammals were called in the old days) and furs, he passed the strait between Asia and America along its entire length on kochs (sailing ships with a hinged steering wheel) in a storm and oars), of which only three survived. In honor of Semyon Dezhnev, a cape was named, which is the extreme northeastern tip of Asia.
For a long time, no one knew about Dezhnev's discovery, and the navigator himself, who was a brave traveler, but had no education, did not realize its importance.
Officially, the honor of opening the strait belongs to Vitus Bering (1681-1741), a Danish officer in the service of the Russian Emperor Peter I (1672-1725). Shortly before his death, Tsar Peter sent Bering on an expedition to the Far East on a secret mission: to find an isthmus or strait between Asia and North America.
In 1728, on the boat "Saint Gabriel", the Bering expedition went through the strait to, although they did not see the American coast. Nevertheless, the fact of the existence of the strait was proved, and it was named after Bering.
The Bering Strait is located between Eurasia and North America, it connects (the Chukchi Sea) with the Pacific Ocean (). The Diomede Islands, owned by Russia and the United States, divide the strait into three passages. In the middle of the Bering Strait, between the Diomede Islands, the state border of the Russian Federation and the United States of America passes.
The Bering Strait is located between the easternmost point of Asia (Cape Dezhnev) and the westernmost point of North America (Cape Prince of Wales).
In the middle of the Bering Strait are the Diomede Islands, and between them is the state border of Russia and the United States. The demarcation (marking) of the border was carried out in 1867 in accordance with the terms of the agreement on the sale of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands by Russia to the North American United States.
The Russian island of Ratmanov (Big Diomede) is larger in area, administratively it belongs to the Chukotsky district of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. There is no permanent population on the island, but there is an outpost of Russian border guards, as well as a station for polar explorers. Here is one of the most numerous bird colonies in the region, where 11 species of sea birds live with a total number of over 4 million individuals.
In general, the fauna of the Bering Strait is rich. This is due to the fact that the sea waters moving from the Bering to the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas are relatively warm and rich in food. There are a lot of fish, especially salmon, and marine mammals, including the bowhead whale, beluga whale, gray whale, Pacific walrus, ringed seal, striped seal, spotted seal, bearded seal (sea hare). The polar bear also lives on the coasts of the Bering Strait.
The American island of Krusenstern in the USA is called Little Diomede, its Eskimo name is Ingalik, or Ignaluk, which means "lying opposite". Only 3.76 km separate the Russian and American islands. Kruzenshtern Island can be called relatively inhabited: there is a small town of Diomede with a population of 115 people. Administratively, the island is included in the "unorganized borough" - part of the US state of Alaska, which exists independently of the sixteen other Alaskan "organized boroughs". Every winter, locals carve a runway through the thick layer of snow for local aviation aircraft to bring supplies from mainland Alaska.
During the Cold War, the Soviet-American border was closed here - and local residents lost the opportunity to visit each other, as was customary before. Because of this, the local border was then called the "ice curtain" (by analogy with the "iron curtain").
Today, the border area of ​​Russia in the Bering Strait remains a closed zone, which requires special permission to visit.
Russia and the United States periodically discuss the issue of connecting the shores of the Bering Strait (Chukotka and Alaska) through a tunnel or bridge. The first such projects date back to 1864, when the Russian-American Telegraph Company was about to build a land-based telegraph line across the strait. The project failed due to competition from undersea telegraph cable lines across the Atlantic.
Critics of the project say that the construction of a tunnel or a bridge is impossible, since it is beyond the modern technical capabilities of mankind: the distance between the banks of the strait at the narrowest point is large (86 km), such a large-scale construction on an uninhabited territory is practically impossible, and construction costs will never pay off . Supporters of the project to connect the shores of the strait emphasize the political factor: the bridge (or tunnel) will help strengthen relations between Russia and the United States.

general information

Origin: tectonic.

Islands: Diomeda, Ratmanova (Big Diomede, Imaklik) - Russia; Kruzenshtern Island (Small Diomede, Ingalik, Ignaluk) - USA.

Largest settlements: Uelen (northeast of the Chukotka Peninsula, 712 people, - 2012); Wales (west of the Seward Peninsula, 145 people - 2010); the city of Diomede (Kruzenshtern Island, 115 people - 2010).

Languages: Russian, Chukchi, English, Eskimo-Aleut languages.

Monetary units: Russian ruble, US dollar.

Numbers

Width (smallest): 86 km.
Max Depth: 49 m.
The smallest fairway depth: 36 m.

Distance: from Ratmanov Island to the coast of Chukotka - 35.68 km; from Kruzenshtern Island to the coast of Alaska - 25 km.

Climate and weather

Average air temperature in January: -15 to -25°C.

Average air temperature in July: from +5 to +10°С.

Average annual rainfall: 500-600 mm.
Average annual wind speed: 7.5 m/s.

Relative humidity: 85%.

Economy

Attractions

Ratmanov Island(Russia): large bird colonies, walrus rookeries, a place of mass migration of gray whales

Krusenstern Island(USA): City of Diomede

Natural: Beringia National Park (Alaska, USA), Natural and Ethnic Park "" (Russia), Cape Dezhnev (Russia), Cape Prince of Wales (USA)

Other: international date line

Curious facts

Koch is a sea sailing vessel of Siberian fishermen, hunters and merchants. Kochi were wooden, with one mast and oars. A feature of the koch was the so-called "kotsa" - a special additional hull lining that could withstand the pressure of ice.

After Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, the dates in Alaska were shifted back one day to synchronize with the US calendar date, as they previously corresponded to the Russian calendar date.

In 1971, the Semyon Dezhnev icebreaker was launched, and is still serving as a port icebreaker of the Seaport of St. Petersburg.

The highest point on Ratmanov Island is called Mount Roof, its height is 505 m.

The name "Beringia" (Bering Land Bridge) is a national park in the state of Alaska (USA). The park was created in 1978 on an area of ​​1052.6 thousand hectares to protect the peculiar northern coastal landscapes, and especially lakes, frozen lava flows and hot springs, as well as paleontological monuments with the remains of the "Beringian" fauna. Also "Beringia" is the name of the natural-ethnic park on the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russia), formed in 1993.

A number of geographical objects are named after Bering: Bering Strait, Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier (Alaska, USA).

On Ratmanov Island in 1976, the first and so far the only individual hummingbird was seen that flew into Russian territory. The little pioneer belonged to the species of buffy hummingbird.

The Bering Strait has repeatedly tried to cross a variety of ways. In 1913, the German captain Max Gottschalk was the first to cross the strait not on board a sea vessel, but on a dog sled. In 1979, the Frenchman Arnaud de Rosnay crossed the Bering Strait on a windsurfer. In 1987, American swimmer Lynn Cox made a symbolic swim in the Bering Strait in order to "destroy the" ice curtain "". In 1998, Russian travelers Dmitry and Matvey Shparo crossed the strait on skis. In 2011, Russian kitesurfers Yevgeny Novozheev and Konstantin Aksenov managed to cross the strait on water on a kiteboard using a kite.

Ratmanov Island is the first Russian territory to celebrate the New Year due to its proximity to the international date line.

Local residents on the shores and islands of the Bering Strait are allowed to harvest marine mammals for food. The meat of a sea animal is a necessary component of the diet of the indigenous people of Chukotka: this is the only way they get the proteins, vitamins and microelements necessary for the body.

In 1956, the USSR proposed to the United States a project for the joint construction of a dam across the Bering Strait in order to increase the temperature of the waters of the Arctic Ocean and accelerate the melting of sea ice. According to the project, warm water would be pumped through a dam into the Arctic Ocean. The American side refused to participate in the project because of its gigantic cost.

The Bering Strait is a strait between the easternmost point of Asia (Cape Dezhnev) and the westernmost point of North America (Cape Prince of Wales). The smallest width is 86 km, the smallest fairway depth is 36 m. The strait connects the Arctic Ocean (Chukchi Sea) with the Pacific Ocean (Bering Sea). The strait is named after the Russian navigator Vitus Bering (born in Denmark), who passed through this strait in 1728.

Tunnel or bridge across the Bering Strait - a project to connect Eurasia and North America (Chukotka and Alaska on / under Bering Strait. A direct connection between North America and EurAsia should contribute to unprecedented economic growth on both continents.

Project history

1890
The Governor of Colorado (USA) William Gilpin for the first time expresses the idea to connect North America and Eurasia by rail ferry. The idea was supported by the head of the US Pacific Roads Union and is included in the Harriman Plan.

Details about this very first building idea including general review project to connect American and Russian railways, on English language:

1891-1916
Russia built the Trans-Siberian Railway (Transsib) - the largest railway line in the world. Its length is 9 thousand kilometers.

Early 20th century
Survey work and a feasibility study for the project are underway under the leadership of an energetic French explorer of Alaska, an enthusiast for the construction of the Paris - New York railway and an intermediary, Baron Loyk-de-Lobel. The project was recognized as technically feasible and economically feasible.

Having visited Alaska in 1898, Lobel turned to the technical imperial society of Russia with the idea of ​​​​a project and a proposal to reconnoiter the route from Yakutsk to the Bering Strait and further to Alaska. The American "railroad king" Edward G. Harriman makes an expedition to Alaska in 1899 and finances the Lobel project, under 1082, by including his leading engineers.

The project was approved by Nicholas II, Prime Minister Witte, the military and finance ministries in September 1906, but in March 1907 Nicholas II unexpectedly rejected Lobel's plan. On July 10, 1907, the tsar gives new consent, and by October Lobel and his team are already cutting down the forest and even laying 150 km of the route north from Chita. But by the end of the year, the tsar finally renounced it under pressure from his ministers - Foreign Affairs A.P. Izvolsky and Minister of Finance V.N. Kokovtsev. Due to insurmountable circumstances, including the unwillingness to jeopardize the fragile peace with Japan and the fear of American penetration into Siberia, the project remains unrealized.

Read more about this failed deal modern research Here:

And also here (criticism of the tsarist project during the reign of I.V. Stalin, 1952):

April 1918
At a meeting of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin signed the decision to build railways in the eastern and northern parts RSFSR, including in the direction of the Bering Strait, in order to accelerate the development of natural resources.

30 - 50 years. 20th century
A project for the construction of the North Siberian railway line from Vorkuta to Anadyr ("Polar Highway"). 1700 kilometers of tracks have been built.

60s 20th century
American engineers are suggesting the unification of the energy systems of Russia and the United States. The implementation of the ICL - World Link multi-transport corridor, which includes power lines, creates the prerequisites for creating an "energy bridge" between Russia and America. Expert estimates predict savings of $20 billion annually.

90s 20th century
The project is discussed at major international conferences in Washington, Moscow, Anchorage, Novosibirsk, Fairbanks, as well as at the UN conference on global projects in Barcelona, ​​the conference on sea tunnels in Norway, the conference on the problems of the Arctic in Finland, on the problems of the Arctic coasts in Magadan, by manager 090;y major projects in Norway, at a meeting of the management and engineering staff of the NAFTA railways in Montreal.

1991
The International non-profit corporation "Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel and Railroad Group" (IBSTRG) is registered in the city of Washington (USA), Russian name- Transcontinental.

1996
The US government planned to allocate a budget of $10 million to IBSTRG for research on the ICL - World Link project, but funding fell through.

In the city of Anchorage (USA, state of Alaska) a meeting of the working group on cooperation "Russian Far East - West Coast USA” within the framework of the intergovernmental commission Gore-Chernomyrdin. Based on the results of the work of the group of Russia and the USA, it was recommended to support the research program for the project as "having great potential .. ."

The project is included in the priority programs of the Committee for Cooperation of the Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region (APR).

The state of Alaska adopted a special resolution on the reservation of land for the route of the future road.

September 2006
federal agency railway transport The Russian Federation decides to build the Yakutsk-Magadan railway with subsequent access to the Bering Strait. This highway is component TCM.

March 2007
As part of the implementation of the federal target program"Development of the Far East and Transbaikalia", Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov approved the decision to build the Berkakit-Tommot-Yakutsk road to Magadan#1085;a, which is an important element of the ICL-World Link project in Russia.

April 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin considered and approved in principle the strategy for the development of Russian railway transport for the period up to 2030, which provides for the construction of the transcontinental railway line Right Lena - Zyryanka - Uelen with a length of over 3.5 thousand kilometers with access to the Bering Strait. This highway is a key element of the ICL - World Link project in Russia.

Moscow hosted the International Conference "Transcontinental highway Eurasia - America through the Bering Strait".

May 2007
Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said that budget funds for the construction of a tunnel under the Bering Strait will not be spent. According to him, "the tunnel can be financed by private companies if they find it profitable."

July 2010

A businessman from the state of Alaska, USA, Fyodor Solovyov, registered a private company, InterBering, with the aim of lobbying in the USA and Russia for projects to build a railway connecting the United States through Canada, Alaska and the Bering Strait with the Russian Federation, and a tunnel under the Bering Strait. For this purpose, he created a website, , bringing together research, calculations, publications and projects on this topic.

August 2011
"The transcontinental highway "EURASIA-AMERICA", held in Yakutsk on August 17-19, 2011, adopted a resolution:

1. Consider the development and implementation of the project for the creation of the Eurasia-America Transcontinental Highway with a tunnel through the Bering Strait as a priority in the system of measures aimed at the integrated development of the infrastructure of the North-East of Russia and the polar territories of the Northern Hemisphere.

2. Create an intergovernmental working group to promote the TCM Project with the inclusion of representatives of countries-potential project participants in its composition.

3. Appeal to the APEC heads of state and government with a proposal to consider the possibility of discussing the TKM construction project at the APEC Congress in 2012.

August 31, 2011
In order to implement the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 16, 2010 No. 321 "On measures to organize the movement of high-speed rail transport in the Russian Federation", Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation V. Putin issued an order to approve the attached action plan for the implementation of projects for the organization of high-speed rail transport railway transport.

July 12, 2012
Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin presented projects for the development of high-speed and high-speed traffic in Russia at the VIII World Congress on High-Speed ​​Rail Transport in Philadelphia, USA - UIC HIGHSPEED 2012.