[DOC] [TLE] In 1728 this Dane discovered St. Lawrence Island, now part of Alaska [PAR] Jeopardy Question: WORLD EXPLORATION - In 1728 this Dane discovered St. 
Lawrence Island, now part of Alaska. [DOC] [TLE] St. Lawrence Island - Wikipedia [PAR] St. Lawrence Island (Central Siberian Yupik: Sivuqaq) is located west of 
mainland Alaska in the ... The island is part of Alaska, but closer to Siberia than to 
the Alaskan ... The island is now inhabited mostly by Siberian Yupik engaged in 
hunting, ... on St. Lawrence's Day, August 10, 1728, and named after the day of 
his visit. [DOC] [TLE] Captain James Cook in Alaska - ExploreNorth [PAR] The story of the northern section of Cook's third voyage (1778). ... by N. Dance, 
May 1776. Born on October 27, 1728, Cook rose rapidly through the ranks after 
joining ... the discovery of this route that a 20,000 prize had been offered by 
Britain. ... 3 - William Anderson, the expedition's surgeon, dies off St. Lawrence 
Island. [DOC] [TLE] Excerpts from Our Northern Domain: Alaska Picturesque ... - Alaskool [PAR] Two causes led to the discovery of the region now called Alaska; the first was the 
search ... Vitus Bering, a Dane, who had shown capacity in the wars with Sweden
, was ... of the peninsula, and in 1728 discovered and named St. Lawrence Island
. .... One June holiday, when it was known that a large part of the garrison were... [DOC] [TLE] Alaska Regional Profiles, Northwest Region - The People [PAR] Gambell, Savoonga, and Northeast Cape on St. Lawrence Island and the Punuk 
Islands ... and coursed into the Arctic Ocean through the strait that now bears his 
name. ... credited as the "discovery" of Alaska, although Bering's 1728 voyages 
were ... Whaling is still an important part of the Eskimo life in the Northwest 
Region. [DOC] [TLE] Photos: Daily life on Alaska's St. Lawrence Island - Alaska Dispatch ... [PAR] Sep 11, 2012 ... The village of Gambell, on St. Lawrence Island. ... Now jointly owned by 
Savoonga and Gambell, the island is private property, which entitles... [DOC] [TLE] Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from Fairbanks, Alaska  Page 1 [PAR] Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska), Tuesday, July 15, 1941, Page 1
. ... become involved in war is the purpose of the trip to this part of Alaska of Gov. 
... Russian troops Vitus Bering, a Dane in the service i Lorae Tolmes, Albert 
Fisher .... i Bering's discovery of St. Lawrence Plans should be made now for a i 
Island... [DOC] [TLE] The Voyages of Bering and Steller in America - okanogan1.com [PAR] St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia. ... caught Spanberg 
with his boats on the Yudoma River, so Spanberg, another determined Dane, ... 
In the winter of 1727-1728, the equipment was hauled 400 miles across the ... At 
this time, Steller and young Krashennikov explored south Kamchatka by dogsled,
... [DOC] [TLE] Arctic - Study and exploration | Britannica.com [PAR] Oct 26, 2015 ... He discovered St. Lawrence Island and the Diomedes and pushed well north ... 
of Nome, thereby becoming the first Europeans to see any part of Alaska. ... 
Bering Strait and pushed as far west as Cape North (now Cape Shmidt). .... up 
the northeast coast of Southampton Island in 1615; Jens Munk, a Dane,... [DOC] [TLE] E-Torch | On the road in Alaska: The Secretary's travel journal [PAR] Jul 7, 2010 ... Among these was St. Lawrence Island, about 100 miles long and 20 miles wide. 
... The island was sighted and named by Vitus Bering in 1728, but has been ... 
settlements were founded on a flat gravel bar that the sea is actively ... since the 
lakes to the north now freeze later and become free of ice earlier,... [DOC] [TLE] Flat Earth/8.1: The Arctic Off-Premises | The Engineering of the ... [PAR] The hypothesis explored in this section is the following: as seen previously, if the 
earth is

Question: In 1728 this Dane discovered St. Lawrence Island, now part of Alaska
Answer: Vitus Bering