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The
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is one of the most remote national
park areas, located on the Seward Peninsula in northwest Alaska. The Preserve
is a remnant of the land bridge that connected Asia with North America
more than 13,000 years ago. The majority of this land bridge, once thousands
of miles wide, now lies beneath the waters of the Chukchi and Bering Seas.
During the glacial epoch this was part of a migration route for people,
animals, and plants whenever ocean levels fell enough to expose the land
bridge. Archeologists agree that it was across this Bering Land Bridge,
also called Beringia, that humans first passed from Asia to populate the
Americas. The Preserve's western boundary lies 42 miles from the Bering
Strait and the fishing boundary between the United States and Russia.
Operating Hours & Seasons
The park is open year-round.
Highest visitation is in June and July; lowest in December, January and
February.
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