Ber·ing 
(bîrĭng, bâr-, băr- bārĭng), Vitus 1681-1741.
(bîrĭng, bâr-, băr- bārĭng), Vitus 1681-1741. Danish navigator and explorer who in 1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving that Asia and North America are separate continents.