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While what you said is true, the Beringia straight closed 10,000 years ago. Any contact/trading/migration after that event is always interesting to find out. W

While what you said is true, the Beringia straight closed 10,000 years ago. Any contact/trading/migration after that event is always interesting to find out. What is interesting about this is that some sort of trading/contact was occurring across the Pacific Ocean around 1100-1300 AD. While anticipated, this is a significant find.

BurningFrog 10y ago
Trading across the Bering Strait with inuit ships 900 years ago is quite impressive. I've watched Deadliest Catch! I suppose it's also possible things can have drifted over on ship wrecks or in stray boxes.
- surge 10y ago
  Well, it's not always so bad, at least not during the warmer seasons, just the crabbing seasons. Deadliest Catch - Wild Pacific Salmon wouldn't be anywhere near as deadly or engaging for television. I don't imagine it'd be much more entertaining or risk involved than Wicked Tuna.
- protomyth 10y ago
  Its not really that bad all year long, there are seasons. A lot of cruise ships go up there during the summer and they wouldn't risk those (although there is a video of a bad docking recently but that wasn't weather related).
  - koverstreet 10y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPNfLmcUO0&sns=fb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPNfLmcUO0&sns=fb
- zardo 10y ago
  Or by dogsled.
- Turing_Machine 10y ago
  You can actually get across the Strait on foot (or by dog sled) with a bit of kayak assist for some of the year, and the natives (who are mostly Iñupiat and Yup'ik in that region -- "Inuit" is largely a Canadian term) traveled across it regularly both over the ice and by water. Rumor has it that there was a considerable amount of cross-Strait travel even during the depths of the Cold War. Edit: see http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060404&slug=webhike04 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=200... As I noted before, rumor has it that the locals have always (and often) done this. They just don't publicize it in a manner that brings it to the attention of the authorities. :-)
rodgerd 10y ago
> What is interesting about this is that some sort of trading/contact was occurring across the Pacific Ocean around 1100-1300 AD. That doesn't seem particularly surprising, given the great migrations around Polynesia in a similar era.

BurningFrog 10y ago

Trading across the Bering Strait with inuit ships 900 years ago is quite impressive. I've watched Deadliest Catch! I suppose it's also possible things can have drifted over on ship wrecks or in stray boxes.

surge 10y ago
Well, it's not always so bad, at least not during the warmer seasons, just the crabbing seasons. Deadliest Catch - Wild Pacific Salmon wouldn't be anywhere near as deadly or engaging for television. I don't imagine it'd be much more entertaining or risk involved than Wicked Tuna.
protomyth 10y ago
Its not really that bad all year long, there are seasons. A lot of cruise ships go up there during the summer and they wouldn't risk those (although there is a video of a bad docking recently but that wasn't weather related).
- koverstreet 10y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPNfLmcUO0&sns=fb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPNfLmcUO0&sns=fb
zardo 10y ago
Or by dogsled.
Turing_Machine 10y ago
You can actually get across the Strait on foot (or by dog sled) with a bit of kayak assist for some of the year, and the natives (who are mostly Iñupiat and Yup'ik in that region -- "Inuit" is largely a Canadian term) traveled across it regularly both over the ice and by water. Rumor has it that there was a considerable amount of cross-Strait travel even during the depths of the Cold War. Edit: see http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060404&slug=webhike04 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=200... As I noted before, rumor has it that the locals have always (and often) done this. They just don't publicize it in a manner that brings it to the attention of the authorities. :-)

rodgerd 10y ago

> What is interesting about this is that some sort of trading/contact was occurring across the Pacific Ocean around 1100-1300 AD. That doesn't seem particularly surprising, given the great migrations around Polynesia in a similar era.