[DOC] [TLE] Mount Saint Elias | mountain, North America | Britannica.com [PAR] 1681 Horsens, Denmark December 19, 1741 Bering Island, near the Kamchatka 
... prepared the way for a Russian foothold on the North American continent. ... 
Alaska's territorial flag was designed in 1926 by a 13-year-old Native American ... 
On Bering's second voyage, in 1741, the peak of Mount St. Elias was sighted, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Alaska's Heritage - CHAPTER 3-1: RUSSIANS COME TO ALASKA [PAR] Bering was a Dane who had enlisted in the Russian navy in 1703, when he was 
... degrees 18 minutes north latitude without having sighted the North American 
coast ... feast day of Saint Elias, the mountain became known as Mount Saint 
Elias. ... ships separated, lookouts aboard the St. Paul sighted land on July 15, 
1741. [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Bering - Wikipedia [PAR] Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681, died 19 December 1741), also 
known as Ivan ... While doing so, the expedition spotted Mount Saint Elias, and 
sailed past Kodiak Island. ... a voyage east, probably to map the lands (and 
possibly seas) between Russia's eastern boundary and the North America 
continent. [DOC] [TLE] Mount Saint Elias - Wikipedia [PAR] Mount Saint Elias, also designated Boundary Peak 186, is the second highest 
mountain in both ... Mount Fairweather at the apex of the British Columbia and 
Alaska borders at the ... The mountain was first sighted by European explorers on 
July 16, 1741 by Vitus Bering of Russia. ... List of mountain peaks of North 
America. [DOC] [TLE] Mt. St. Elias Expedition Itinerary - St. Elias Alpine Guides [PAR] At 18,008 ft (5,488 m), Mt. St. Elias is the second highest peak in both the ... and 
its remote nature make this the most difficult summit of North America's high 
peaks. Mt. St. Elias was first sighted by Vitus Bering on July 16, 1741 as he 
explored ... Our guides will pick you up in Anchorage, AK approximately two days 
before... [DOC] [TLE] The Jutlander who left more than his name | The Post [PAR] Jul 3, 2016 ... Vitus Bering led a Russian group to explore Alaska (photo: ... Its primary aim was 
to ascertain whether or not the continents of North America and Asia were ... 
Another Dane, lieutenant Morten Spanberg, was second-in-command of the 44 ... 
July, the crew setting eyes on mighty snow-capped Mount St. Elias... [DOC] [TLE] Bering Vitus - Canadian Arctic - Climate Policy Watcher [PAR] Vitus Bering, a Dane in Russian service, was commissioned by Russian Czar 
Peter ... Asia and North America were one continent (the so-called First 
Kamchatka ... He sighted land near the Alexander Islands on July 15,. 1741. 
Further delays ... In July, the Alaskan coast was sighted with a mountain, named 
Mount St Elias by... [DOC] [TLE] Vitus Jonassen Bering, 1681 [PAR] Alaska southeast, Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and the southern ... 
American continent. .... Captain Commander Bering, was to head east to the 
coast of North America ... east, Chirikov sighted land, likely Chichagof Island, on 
July 15th, 1741. ... mainland, Mount Saint Elias, and the St. Peter soon reached 
Yakutat Bay... [DOC] [TLE] Jays, Films, and Georg Steller - California Literary Review [PAR] Mar 25, 2007 ... Steller's jays are found from Alaska and British Columbia south to Mexico, ... from 
America, but he failed to sight the North American continent. ... After weeks at sea
, on July 16, 1741 the St. Peter first sighted the coast of ... On the feast day of St. 
Elias, Bering named the highest peak in sight Mount St. Elias. [DOC] [TLE] History of Sled Dogs - Hetta Huskies [PAR] Alaska is the third region of note in the history of the development of the sled dog. 
... Indian or village dogs throughout the North and South American Continents. ... 
For the early tribal groups of North America, these dogs were a crucial part of ... 
day Captain Bering also sighted the

Question: In July 1741 this Dane sighted the North American continent near Mount St. Elias, Alaska
Answer: Vitus Bering