The land bridge across the Bering Strait that lasted through much of the ... That lower altitude means that (at least in summer) rivers could have flowed off both continents to collect there.

The team noticed that temperatures had warmed up to 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit from the Bering Strait and traveling ... dryer temperatures during the summer and more mild weather during the winter.

Lenetsky, J., Tremblay, B., Brunette, C., and Meneghello, G., 2021: Subseasonal predictability of Arctic Ocean sea ice conditions: Bering Strait and Ekman-driven ...