Hudson Strait

Hudson Strait

Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. It lies between Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec, its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley and Resolution Island. Discovered by explorer Henry Hudson in the year 1610 aboard the British ship "Discovery", it was long thought to be the fabled Northwest Passage.

Further reading


* Allard, Michel, Baolai Wang, and Jean A Pilon. 1995. "Recent Cooling Along the Southern Shore of Hudson Strait, Quebec, Canada, Documented from Permafrost Temperature Measurements". "Arctic and Alpine Research". 27, no. 2: 157.
* Andrews, J. T., and D. C. Barber1. 2002. "Dansgaard-Oeschger Events: Is There a Signal Off the Hudson Strait Ice Stream?" "Quaternary Science Reviews". 21, no. 1-3: 443-454.
* Barr, W. 1994. "The Eighteenth Century Trade between the Ships of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Hudson Strait Inuit". "Arctic". 47, no. 3: 236.
* Campbell, N. J. "The Oceanography of Hudson Strait". [S.l.] : Atlantic Oceanographic Group, 1958.
* Easton, A. K. "Tides of Hudson Strait". Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1972.
* Gaston, A. J. "Seabird Investigations in Hudson Strait Report on Activities in 1980". OLABS Program report. [Canada] : Canadian Wildlife Service, 1981.
* Payne, F. F. "Eskimo of Hudson's Strait". Toronto?: s.n.] , 1889. ISBN 0665093012
* 2005. "A Sentry at the Atlantic Gateway - An Experimental Mooring Monitors Water Flow Through Strategic Hudson Strait". "Oceanus". 44, no. 3: 30.


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