Vitus Bering

1. By Lukas Vainorius Vitus Bering

2. Table of contents # 1 Who is Vitus Bering #2 Why he explored #3 When and where did he explore #4 How did he explore

3. Who is Vitus Bering Vitus 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 Table of contents

4. Why he explored Vitus Bering’s 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 Table of contents

5. When and where he explored • Vitus 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 wasn’t able to announce the colonization of Alaska Table of contents

6. How did he explore The 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 Table of contents 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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