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Beaufort Sea
The
Beaufort Sea
is a
marginal sea
of the
Arctic Ocean
, located north of the
Northwest Territories
, the
Yukon
, and
Alaska
, west of
Canada's Arctic islands
. The sea is named after
hydrographer
Sir
Francis Beaufort
. The major
Mackenzie River
empties into the Canadian part of the sea, west of
Tuktoyaktuk
, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea shores.
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