That decision was not his to make. He died there on 8 December 1741.
From the discoverer of Alaska Vitus Bering.
Yes, he was a Danish exlorer who discovered and named Alaska and the Bering Sea.
VitUs Jonassen Bering was born on August 5, 1681.
== == Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering
Vitus Bering of Denmark in the service of Russia.
The Russian naval officer and Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering had several landforms posthumously named in his honor, such as the Bering Land Bridge, the Bering Glacier, Bering Island, the Bering Strait, and of course the Bering Sea.
Vitus Jonassen Bering of Denmark in the service of Czar Peter I of Russia aboard the Gabriel, St. Peter and St. Paul.
Vitus Bering explored Alaska in 1741 as part of an expedition commissioned by the Russian government.
Vitus Bering. James Cook. Ignacio de Arteaga.
Vitus Bering.
Vitus Bering.
Vitus Bering.