WHALE SPOTTING
WITH DEPTHS OF UP TO SIX HUNDRED FEET, KOLUKTOO BAY lies at 72 degrees north latitude, north of the northernmost point of Alaska, 2,200 miles north of New York City, and 1,200 miles from the North Pole, where the sun never sets between late May and early August and never rises from mid-November unti...
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| Published in | Narwhals p. 16 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of Washington Press
18.06.2013
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| Summary: | WITH DEPTHS OF UP TO SIX HUNDRED FEET, KOLUKTOO BAY lies at 72 degrees north latitude, north of the northernmost point of Alaska, 2,200 miles north of New York City, and 1,200 miles from the North Pole, where the sun never sets between late May and early August and never rises from mid-November until the end of January. It’s in the northernmost region of Baffin Island, the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world, which is separated from the world’s largest island, Greenland, by the seven-hundred-mile wide Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait. Despite the |
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| ISBN: | 9780295992648 0295992646 |