The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.
All 17 people he was in contact with - six of them children - are also quarantined to prevent spread of one of world's most deadly infectious diseases.
The large bear falls on its back and waves paws in the air in exact copy of the whale’s moves.