Amundsen Gulf
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Amundsen gulf. Satellite image showing sea ice edge in the amundsen gulf between victoria island and mainland canada on 21st june 2015. The caption for the nasa video says this my bold. Nanook river victoria island. Amundsen gulf is a gulf located mainly in the inuvik region northwest territories canada with a small section in the kitikmeot region of nunavut.
Few people live along the shores of the gulf but there are a few towns and communities including. The gulf forms part of the northwest passage which opened during the low ice year of 2007 but remained ice bound in 2014. Modis terra imagery taken between april 4 and may 3 2016 of the beaufort sea. Sachs harbour ulukhaktok and paulatuk heading north in the gulf one would find the prince of.
It was first navigated completely by roald amundsen during his 1903 1906 expedition to the region. By watershed arctic watershed. Note that the video is oriented with banks island on the bottom and the shore of alaska along the left hand side as if the locator map provided was rotated as below. Amundsen gulf southeastern extension of the beaufort sea of the arctic ocean.
It lies between banks island and victoria island and the mainland. The amundsen gulf was explored by norwegian explorer roald amundsen between 1903 and 1906. The big bite of ice being torn out to the south of banks island is the amundsen gulf. Amundsen gulf is a gulf locatit in canadian northwast territories atween banks island an victoria island an the mainland.
Extending for 250 miles 400 km it is bordered by victoria island on the east and separates banks island north from the canadian mainland south. Map indicating amundsen gulf northwest territories canada png 395 370 pixels file size. The gulf is at the western end of the famous northwest passage a route from the atlantic ocean to the pacific. In 1850 the gulf was entered from the west by the british explorer.
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