The unforgiving territories along the Bering Strait had been home to humans long before American and Russian colonization. In this intriguing history—named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews—Bathsheba Demuth presents the first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the Arctic land and waters stretching from Russia to Canada - a profound tale of the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that human ambition is bringing to a finite planet.