For the past 2 days, we have been sailing through the Bering Sea. This sea covers over 2,000,000 square kilometres, and is named for Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator who explored it in 1728. The Bering Sea is bordered on the east by Alaska, and on the west by the Russain Far East. The Bering Strait, which connects the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean, is to the far north. The Bering sea is also home to a large variety of wildlife, including beluga whales, humpback whales, bowhead whales, walrus, S

More than ten billion snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea between the years 2018 and 2022, devastating a commercial fishing industry worth $200 million. Now, fishermen and researchers are teaming up in Kodiak, Alaska to figure out what happened, and they think warmer ocean water could be to blame. This video is part of NOVA's national Climate Across America initiative, which has been made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | Alaska Public Media

1.8K views · 56 reactions | The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled this year after billions of crabs disappeared and devastated Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. From KMXT and Alaska Public Media, Kirsten Dobroth reports on those working to figure out what happened. https://to.pbs.org/3MzB3rB | PBS NewsHour | Facebook