Vitus Bering of Denmark who was in the service of Russia in 1741. They were the first country to discover it at least.
I have found nothing to indicate that he ever did. While Native Alaskans had explored it for thousands of years, the Russians are generally credited with being the "first" to explore Alaska, several centuries after Galileo.
Vitus Bering explored the waters between Siberia and North America, now known as the Bering Strait. He led two expeditions in the 18th century that contributed to our knowledge of the geography of the region and helped to open up trade routes between Russia and North America.
Vitus Bering led two expeditions to explore Alaska in 1728 and 1741. His first expedition was commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia to investigate whether Asia and North America were connected by land. Bering's discoveries significantly expanded European knowledge of the region.
Vitus Bering explored Alaska in 1741 as part of an expedition commissioned by the Russian government.
To get from one end of Alaska to another.
The first person to explore Hawaii is believed to be a Polynesian navigator named Hawaiʻiloa, who is credited with discovering the islands around 1,500 years ago. Hawaiʻiloa and other Polynesians are thought to have reached the Hawaiian Islands by using their navigational skills and knowledge of the stars to guide them across the vast Pacific Ocean.
proposals to explore for oil there
I'd say the first person to explore Alaska was Captain Cook. Of course, there have been travelers between the Alaskan coast and Russia for ages, so naturally some earlier exploration occurred, but Captain Cook's is the first that is well documented and with a true goal of exploration.
== == Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering
The Apollo 11 space mission was the first one to explore the presence of ice on the moon.
To get from one end of Alaska to another.
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