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Chukchi Sea , part of the Arctic Ocean N of the Bering Strait, between Siberia and Alaska, Wrangell Island lies to the west and the Beaufort Sea lies to the east. The sea has an approximate area of 200,000 sq mi (518,000 sq km) and is only navigable about four months of the year.

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Chukchi Sea (Russian: Chukotskoye More)Part of the Arctic Ocean between Russia and North America, it is named after the north‐east Siberian Chukchi people.

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	Conservationists condemn plans for Chukchi Sea petroleum leases News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/3/2008
	Native and Conservation Groups Voice Opposition to Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea. Business Wire; 2/6/2008
	The geographic distribution of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas: evidence from whaleship records, 1849-1914. Magazine article from: Marine Fisheries Review; 6/22/2005

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