Baffin Bay, lying between Nunavut, Canada and Greenland.
An iceberg at the edge of the Baffin Bay's sea ice.
'Baffin Bay' (French: ''Baie de Baffin'') is a
sea between the
Atlantic and
Arctic oceans. It is 1 130 km (700 mi) across from north to south. It is not navigable most of the year because of the presence of large numbers of
icebergs.
History
In
1585 British explorer
John Davis was the first
European to enter the bay.
William Baffin made five voyages to the arctic and reached Baffin Bay in
1616. During these voyages it was proven that the
north-west passage was not in the
Hudson Bay area.
[Discovery and Exploration of Canada]
Location
Fog over Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay is an arm of the Arctic Ocean bounded by
Baffin Island in the west,
Greenland in the east, and
Ellesmere Island in the north. It connects to the Atlantic through
Davis Strait, and to the Arctic through several narrow channels of
Nares Strait. It is a northwestern extension of the
North-Atlantic and
Labrador Sea.
[Baffin Bay PDF]
Wildlife
About 120,000
Beluga whales live in Baffin Bay, eating small fish and other
crustaceans. They are at risk of being trapped in the ice and face other environmental concerns.
[you faceespeces/species/species_beluga_eastern_high_arctic_baffin_bay_e.asp Fisheries and Oceans Canada]
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