Beaufort Sea

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Beaufort Sea

A part of the Arctic Ocean north of northeast Alaska and northwest Canada extending from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Covered with pack ice year-round, it was first explored in 1914.

Beaufort Sea

(Placename) part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America

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Beaufort Sea - part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska

Arctic Ocean - ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs

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