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The Floating Coast is the first comprehensive history of the Bering Strait, the Arctic land and sea from Russia to Canada. Since the 19th century, mankind has embarked on a very modern ideological experiment in the extreme north of Beringia. By telling the history of Beringia's animal and mineral resources, the author reveals how humans have transformed the ecological wealth of this remote area into economic growth and national strength for more than 150 years. As a groundbreaking work about the relationship between human development and Arctic ecology, "The Floating Coast" breaks away from familiar environmental history narratives and re-examines the neglected landscape of Beringia from a fresh perspective. In this book, Demuth tells us a profound and fascinating story based on his own experience of living with local people, as well as interviews with local people and related archives, revealing the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that humankind's huge needs and ambitions have brought and will continue to bring to this resource-limited planet. Like many environmental historians, Demuth no longer agrees with the view put forward by the British historian Collingwood in the 1930s that nature and humans must have different histories in the face of humanity's impact on the earth system. In Demuth's writings, nature and human history are intertwined. Human beings and their concepts interact with non-human parts such as regions, animals, plants, and mineral resources.