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Nares Strait
Nares Strait
() is a
waterway
between
Ellesmere Island
and
Greenland
that is the northern part of
Baffin Bay
where it meets the
Lincoln Sea
. From south to north, the strait includes
Smith Sound
,
Kane Basin
,
Kennedy Channel
,
Hall Basin
and
Robeson Channel
. During 1962–64 a 20 km by 10 km ice island drifted southward from the
Lincoln Sea
through the Nares and
Davis Straits
to the Atlantic Ocean (
Labrador Sea
). Nares strait has a nearly permanent current from the north, powered by the
Beaufort Gyre
, making it harder to traverse for ships coming from south.
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