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Beaufort Sea (bō`fərt), part of the Arctic Ocean, N of Alaska and Canada, between Point Barrow, Alaska, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The Mackenzie River flows into the sea, which is always covered with pack ice. It was first explored by the Canadian Vilhjalmur Stefansson Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (vĭl`hyoulmər stĕf`ənsən), 1879–1962, Arctic explorer, b. ..... Click the link for more information. in 1914. Beaufort SeaPart of the Arctic Ocean northeast of Alaska, northwest of Canada, and west of Banks Island in the Arctic Archipelago. Its surface area is about 184,000 sq mi (476,000 sq km), its average depth is 3,239 ft (1,004 m), and its greatest depth is 15,360 ft (4,680 m). It is frozen over almost year-round; only in August and September does the ice break up. The Mackenzie River flows into the sea; the chief settlement is Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. |
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| He and his wife Sadie rived for several years on one of the most remote places imaginable--Herschel Island, off the north coast of the Yukon in the Beaufort Sea. And everywhere, in every living room from Tierra del Fuego to the Beaufort Sea, students practice too fast. Autumn, more pregnant Polar Bears than anywhere in America haul ashore from the Beaufort Sea, den in drifts, in ice caves. |
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