At the time of its dissolution, the band comprised five musicians: Alexander Arzamastsev (drums), Natasha Borzilova (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Sergei "Spooky" Olkhovsky (bass), Alexander "Sasha" Ostrovsky (dobro, steel guitar, lap steel), and Lydia Salnikova (lead vocals, keyboards).
Other former Bering Strait musicians included Sergei Passov (mandolin and fiddle), and Andrei Misikhin (bass).
Bering Strait's self-titled debut album was released in 2003 on Universal South Records, now known as Show Dog-Universal Music.
[3] Universal South released the instrumental track as a radio single in order to qualify it for the Grammy Awards.
[4] A documentary, The Ballad of Bering Strait, chronicled the band's career over two and a half years and was released to theaters and broadcast on Country Music Television.