In his opinion article, "Any Future Bering Strait Railway Must Start with Anchorage," Fyodor Soloview argues that a future rail connection between Eurasia and North America through a Bering Strait tunnel must reflect Alaska’s geography, population centers, and transportation needs. He proposes Anchorage and the Mat-Su region as the central transportation hub for a future high-speed intercontinental railway. The article explores potential routes through Alaska, connections to Canada, customs facilities at Port MacKenzie, and the long-term economic benefits the corridor could bring to the state. ADN, June 5, 2026

Bering Strait tunnel: pipe dream or game-changer for U.S.–Russia–China ties?

Léon Loïcq de Lobel was a French engineer, explorer, and early megaproject promoter whose name became closely linked to the first serious international attempt to advance a Bering Strait fixed link. Between 1898 and 1907, he pursued a transcontinental scheme to connect North America and Eurasia by rail via Canada, Alaska, Chukotka, and the Trans-Siberian Railway — including tunnels toward the Diomede Islands as the natural midpoint between the continents. By Fyodor Soloview, March 2026

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By Ed Peters, South China Morning Post — Oct. 4, 2020

John Arthur Lynch: An Early Advocate of a Bering Strait Connection. Irish-born American lawyer and Civil War officer John Arthur Lynch (ca. 1828-1900) was among the earliest documented promoters of transportation links between North America and Asia through Alaska and the Bering Strait region. Working from Washington, D.C., he petitioned Congress to investigate routes toward Russia, Japan, and China. His advocacy prompted an 1886 Senate bill and federal review, helping establish the Alaska-Asia transportation concept in the official U.S. record decades before detailed bridge and tunnel proposals emerged.
Fyodor Soloview, April 2026.

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Dr. Mark P. Barry is Director of Research at My College Advisor Pro.

Dr. Barry teaches primarily adult students at New York metropolitan area institutions in undergraduate and graduate courses in international politics, international business, leadership and management, and intercultural communication.

He has held senior positions in several Washington, D.C. think tanks and served as a state legislative analyst handling bills concerning community colleges and vocational training.

Mark earned his doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1996.