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Glacial conditions of the Bering Sea are extremely severe. Its northern part is free from ice only during two months (July–August), while the Bering Strait is ice-covered all the year round. Ice reaches its maximum distribution in April, when ice edge is situated along the line: Bristol Bay — Pribylov Islands — along 57–58° N parallel — Komandorskie Islands — along Kamchatka coasts to its southernmost point. Warm waters entering the central parts of the sea via the straits between the Aleutian Islands shift the ice boundary to the north.
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Lisitzin, A.P. (2002). Sedimentary System of the Far Eastern Seas and North Pacific. In: Sea-Ice and Iceberg Sedimentation in the Ocean. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55905-1_7
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