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    Vitus Bering

    1681 - 1741 Male
    Danish Explorer

    Vitus Jonassen Bering was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, captain-komandor Витус Ионассен Беринг, known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich Bering. He is noted for being the first European to discover Alaska and its Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and the Bering Land Bridge are named in honour of the explorer.read more