Vitus Bering

Who is Vitus BeringVitus Bering was born August,12,1681 in Denmark ,Horsens his father was Jonas Svendsen and his mother was Anna Bering

His father taught him how to navigate Dutch and Danish flagships

Interesting fact vitus father was not an explorer

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Why he exploredVitus Berings goal was to explore uncharted islands around the arctic circle and to add more land on the maps of the arctic circle

Vitus was commanded to lead a crew through the arctic circle after their former captain Peter the great had died leaving vitus in charge

Vitus and his crew traveled 60,000 kilometers then they got sent back because of strong storms

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When and where he exploredVitus Bering finally discovered a mainland near the arctic circle in 1740 this had appeared to be what we call Alaska today

Interesting fact vitus Bering himself wasnt able to announce the colonization of Alaska

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How did he exploreThe path that vitus Bering took is now called the Bering straight it runs from Russia all the way through the arctic circle and to Alaska

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Vitus Bering was heading back to Russia when his ship St.Pual hit an ice berg sadly Bering died of the cold and his crew mates buried him in what is now called Bering island because of his death on that island

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