A pivotal history of Earth lies submerged beneath the Bering Sea. Today this frigid strait ... and then captured sediment cores from 36 different submerged sites, hundreds of feet underwater.

Last year, researchers led by University of Alaska Fairbanks geologist Sarah Fowell set out on the research vessel Sikuliaq to extract cores of sediment from the floor of the Bering Sea.

The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, authorities said. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department made the announcement on its ...