‘I saw 12 ships passing by all on auto pilot, I lost my voice screaming for help’, he said.
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.
Incredible escape for dozens more as carriages overturn and fall into sea amid hurricane-force winds.
The wreck of the Amurskaya freighter has been found by divers in around 24 metres of water, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
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Kilometres of nets thrown overboard monthly, expert warns.
The first evidence that sailors may have survived revealed with pictures of life jackets from the vessel found on a nearby island.
Sea creatures in ‘Whale Jail’ are ‘trapped’ under ice amid growing concern over their fate.
Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.
Alexey Paramonov, 36, stayed with the whales until tide returned, keeping them safe and hydrated.