In 1970, all citizens of the island were moved to neighboring Bering Island.
In November Bering's ship was wrecked on Bering Island.
Bering Island is a treeless island with hills.
The shores of Bering Island form a natural habitat for sea otters.
They taxi to safety at Bering Island in the Commander Islands.
From 1882 to 1883 he was on an exploration mission to Bering Island and Kamchatka.
There are various small bodies of water and streams within Bering Island and Ari:
Bering Island was the only known habitat of Steller's sea cows, an immense (over 4000 kg) sirenian similar to the manatee.
Steller's sea cow, whose habitat was apparently restricted to the kelp-beds around Bering Island, was exterminated by 1768.
The extinct spectacled cormorant from Bering Island.