1733–1743
Great Northern Expedition
The Russian Empire’s vast 1733 to 1743 expedition surveyed Siberia and the Arctic while Bering and Chirikov’s Pacific detachment sailed from Kamchatka toward North America.
Place
Kayak Island
Alaskan island where Steller went ashore during Bering’s 1741 voyage; the surrounding coast was already homeland to Indigenous peoples.
Coordinates59.92, -144.05
Related expeditions
Sources and further reading
- Bering Expedition Landing Site National Historic Landmark, U.S. National Park Service. Official account of the 1741 landing, Steller’s participation, and early European contact in Alaska, used with explicit recognition of existing Indigenous homelands.