A Bridge to Alaska’s Past

A Bridge to Alaska’s Past

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve unveiled its new Heritage Center to a cheering crowd in the heart of Nome in early September. Centered around a fish rack with hanging salmon replicas, the Heritage Center’s exhibits showcase Western Alaska’s rich geological and cultural heritage. For example, a mural depicts the Bering Land Bridge, also known as Beringia, as it was thousands of years ago in the last Ice Age, when it connected Asia and North …