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	Cook Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the north side of the strait lies the city of Wellington, on the south side the Marlborough Sounds and Cloudy Bay.
		Two large bays, Golden Bay and Tasman Bay, lie on the South Island coast immediately to the west of the strait, and the North Island coast to the west recedes towards the giant curve of the Kapiti Coast and South Taranaki Bight.
		Cook Strait attracted European settlers in the early 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cook_Strait (526 words)

	James Cook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cook was one of five children born to a local woman and a Scottish immigrant farm labourer, Grace and James Sr.
		Cook surveyed the northwest stretch in 1763 and 1764, the south coast between the Burin Peninsula and Cape Ray in 1765 and 1766, and the west coast in 1767.
		Cook became increasingly frustrated on this voyage, and probably began to suffer from a stomach ailment; it is speculated that this led to irrational behaviour towards his crew, such as forcing them to eat walrus meat, which they found inedible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Cook (4236 words)

	Cook Strait Ferry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cook Strait Ferry is the commercial ferry plying between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.
		Roughly half the crossing is in the open sea, Cook Strait, and the remainder in the Malborough Sounds.
		Because of the stormy nature of the Cook Strait, sailings are often disrupted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cook_Strait_Ferry (129 words)

	Cook Strait
		Cook Strait is the strait between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.
		It is named after James Cook who was the first European to sail it.
		On the north side of the strait is the harbour of Wellington.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Cook_Strait.html (74 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: James Cook
		James Cook was born in the Yorkshire village of Marton on October 27, 1728.
		Cook's skill as a seaman and navigator cannot be challenged...through heavy storms and dangerous seas filled with huge icebergs the RESOLUTION survived without the loss of a single man. On January 30 he reached his furthest south but could go no further.
		Cook's reputation was unchallenged and with his conclusion one can assume that all further exploration would have been unnecessary except for one detail...he kept thorough records of his sailing.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000071.htm (1714 words)

	James Cook - Gurupedia
		Cook was born in Marton in Yorkshire, but as a child moved with his family to Great Ayton.
		Cook also discovered the Great Barrier Reef, when his ship ran aground June 11th 1770; Endeavour was seriously damaged and his voyage was delayed for two months while repairs were carried out.
		Cook's journals were published upon his return and he became somewhat of a hero among the scientific community.
	www.gurupedia.com /j/ja/james_cook.htm (1080 words)

	James Cook: British Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
		Cook's first journey lasted from August 26,1768 to July 13, 1771, when he sailed to Tahiti on the Endeavor in order to observe Venus as it passed between the Earth and the Sun (this is called the transit of Venus).
		Cook sailed to New Zealand on October 6,1769, where he and his crew fought with the Maori (the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand) and mapped much of the two major islands (the strait between these two islands is now named Cook Strait) and showed that is was not part of a larger southern continent.
		Cook arrived at Capetown, South Africa, on October 18, 1776, and sailed to the Indian Ocean and on to New Zealand (in early 1777), the Cook Islands, and Tonga.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/c/cook.shtml (826 words)

	Cook's First Voyage: 1768-1771
		Cook recognized the basic danger of being in a sailing craft on a west coast with a west wind and entering a narrow confine by which turning would be difficult, if accomplished at all.
		Cook may have preferred this option, as it would finally settle the large continent theory, but it would mean traveling in sufficiently high latitudes in a waning southern summer to be dangerous for the light Endeavor.
		Cook believed this island to be a part of the mainland, he being too far at sea to identify the narrow water severing the mainland connection.
	www.muffley.net /pacific/cook/cook1.htm (3578 words)

	Crossing Plan
		straits between high land masses, are subject to strong winds where the air stream is funneled between the two land masses.
		Where a strait is long with relatively straight coastlines, for instance Foveaux Strait or Shelikof Strait between Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula, the choice is the strongest 'land to land' straight line crossing.
		Where a strait has capes or reefed headlands jutting out seawards into the narrowest part, it is best to look for a longer crossing as these headlands/capes invariably have violent tidal stream activity in the way of overfalls, races and rips.
	seacanoe.org /Crosplan.htm (870 words)

	Cook Strait - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cook Strait (often referred to as "The Cook Strait"), the strait between the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand, takes its name from Captain James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it (January - February 1770).
		On the north side of the strait lies the harbour of Wellington.
		At this period the settlers saw Cook Strait in a broader sense than today's ferry-oriented New Zealanders: for them Cook Strait stretched from Taranaki to Cape Campbell, so these early towns all clustered around "Cook Strait" as the central feature and central waterway of the new colony.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Cook_Strait (526 words)

	ipedia.com: James Cook Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cook mapped its complete coastline, discovering Cook Strait which separates the North Island from the South Island.
		Cook circumnavigated the globe at a very high southern latitude, becoming the first European to cross the Antarctic Circle on January 17, 1773, reaching 71°10' south, and discovered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
		After returning Omai, Cook travelled north and in 1778 became the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands" after the 4th Earl of Sandwich, the then First Lord of the Admiralty.
	www.ipedia.com /james_cook.html (1190 words)

	Cook Strait Cable
		Cook Strait's changeable weather was acknowledged and this meant that the cable laying procedure should not take more than 24 hours for each of the three cables, (one of these would be spare).
		Davenport, the Electricity Department's General Manager, told a conference that shortages could be expected until 1958, and expressed his belief that the cable would be approved, and Dr W M Hamilton, Director-General of the D.S.I.R. told the Wellington Economic Society the cable could have the advantage of delaying nuclear power twenty years.
		The Cook Strait weather made itself felt for the first time, delaying for a week a seismic survey by the Navy and geophysicists from the D.S.I.R. who were looking at the nature of the sea floor.
	www.techhistory.co.nz /Electricity/Cookstcable.htm (4466 words)

	Cook Strait - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cook Strait, channel separating the North Island from the South Island, New Zealand, and connecting the Tasman Sea on the west with the Pacific...
		In 1771 Cook was promoted to the rank of commander, and on July 11, 1772, set sail from Plymouth in command of two ships, the Resolution and the...
		Approximately 62 per cent of New Zealand’s electricity is produced by hydroelectric facilities; the rest is generated in plants burning coal or...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cook_Strait.html (123 words)

	Cook Strait - Uncyclopedia
		Cook Strait is the body of water separating Australia from New Zealand.
		Thanks to pollution of the Strait's waters with phyto-oestrogens, few of these creatures are ever now aggressive, and indeed, these days fewer than 5 percent of all swimmers are drawn swiftly out to sea and torn to pieces by them.
		Sea kangaroos are descended from Koala Bears, but, living so long in the warm waters of the Strait, have lost the power of flight possessed by their ancestors.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Cook_Strait (273 words)

	Cook Strait: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses....
		James cook (october 27, 1728 - february 14, 1779) was a british explorersexplorer and navigator....
		The tory channel is one of the drowned valleys that form the marlborough sounds in new zealand....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/cook_strait.htm (922 words)

	COOK STRAIT - The Sea Floor - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cook Strait is the stretch of water separating the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
		The major features of this bottom topography are, however, an eastern Cook Strait Canyon with steep, and in some places, precipitous walls descending eastwards into the bathyal depths of the Hikurangi Trench which lies off the east coast of the North Island.
		To the north-west of the Cook Strait Canyon, in the Cook Strait Narrows, lies the Narrows Basin, where depths of water between 150 and 200 fathoms predominate.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/C/CookStrait/TheSeaFloor/en (468 words)

	COOK STRAIT - Discovery - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Abel Tasman was in the Cook Strait area from 18 until 26 December 1642.
		Although he showed the strait as a bight on his chart, he noted the tide was running from the south-east and therefore concluded that there might be a passage.
		Cook then climbed a hill and sighted the eastern sea, thus proving the strait's existence.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/C/CookStrait/Discovery/en (239 words)

	James Cook
		Cook sailed again in 1776; in 1778 he visited and named the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and unsuccessfully searched the coast of NW North America for a
		Terence James Cooke - Cooke, Terence James, 1921–83, American Roman Catholic clergyman, b.
		Cook Strait - Cook Strait, channel, c.15 mi (24 km) wide, between the North Island and the South Island, New...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0813414.html (311 words)

	Bluebridge, New Zealand's Cook Strait Passenger and Freight Ferry services
		Strait Shipping is a 100% New Zealand owned and managed shipping business - operating Cook Strait ferry services since 1992.
		With its fleet of ships and over 150 staff working both on and off the water, Strait Shipping now transports hundreds of thousands of tonnes of livestock and cargo freight between the North and South Island every year.
		While Strait Shipping may never be New Zealand's biggest shipping company - with its focus on delivering first class customer and shipping services, it strives continually to be the best.
	www.strait.co.nz (160 words)

	COOK STRAIT RAIL FERRIES - The New Zealand Maritime Record - NZNMM
		A 350 kilometre (219 miles) passenger rail service between the port at Picton and the island's principal city of Christchurch was inaugurated in 1945 and revamped as the Coastal Pacific in the mid 1990s.
		For the first century, the treacherous Cook Strait divided the country's railway system into virtually two independent and unconnected services.
		New Zealand Railways were also actively promoting the carriage of freight by rail wagon and utilising one wagon for the entire journey across Cook Strait by the rail ferries.
	www.nzmaritime.co.nz /railferries.htm (878 words)

	Drifter Testing and Evaluation for Oil-Spill Trajectory Modeling in Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait (AK-02-13)
		Burbank (1977) released drifters in and near Kachemak Bay; Muench, Schumacher, and Pearson (1981) released drifters from lower Cook Inlet; and Reed and Stabeno (1989) released drifters in the lower Shelikof Strait.
		Objectives The objective is the acquisition of a one-year-long, synoptic, Lagrangian realization of the mesoscale and tidal currents in the Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait and concurrent meteorological observations, and oil-spill simulations numerous enough for a statistical evaluation of MMS's OSRA model applied to Alaskan waters.
		Middle Cook Inlet may use an oil-platform based meteorology station and upper Cook Inlet a land-based meteorology station to avoid the seasonal ice pack.
	www.mms.gov /eppd/sciences/esp/profiles/ak/AK-02-13.htm (771 words)

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		Lower Cook Inlet tracts are located in water depths ranging from less than 30 m (100 ft) in the northern part of the lease sale area (south of Kalgin Island) to 183 m (600 ft) at Kennedy Entrance; over 50% of the area lies in water depths of 46©76 m (150©250 ft).
		Under the high find scenario, Shelikof Strait discoveries consist of two oil fields with reserves of 550 million bbl and 450 million bbl, and a single non©associated gas field with reserves of one trillion cubic feet.
		The single Shelikof Strait field is expected to be located in northern Shelikof Strait in about 183 m (600 ft) of water west of Afognak Island.
	www.mms.gov /eppd/socecon/techsum/ak/TR-043.DOC (1458 words)

	Cook Strait Toastmasters
		Cook Strait Toastmasters is a club of like minded people who, for all kinds of reasons, realise that public speaking is an important skill to have.
		Established over 15 years ago, Cook Strait has many long standing members, a great mixture of new members and is very social in a friendly and relaxed environment.
		After a sunny holiday break Cook Strait Toastmasters is back in action for 2006.
	cstoastmasters.wellington.net.nz (291 words)

	Across The Cook Strait
		The winds blast through the nearby Cook Strait nearly every day giving the city the nickname of Windy Wellington.
		I caught one of the Inter-island ferries that afternoon and crossed the Cook Strait bound for the South Island, a two-hour trip.
		I had made a reservation that evening in a private campground in Picton but after driving through the very bleak and crowded campground, I made a quick exit and found a nice room at the Broadway Motel in the middle of town and spent a pleasant night there.
	www.delsjourney.com /travels_2001-02/story_list/nz/across_the_cook_strait.htm (659 words)

	Wellington as ‘head’ port of the ‘Cook Strait Lake’ \| NZETC
		Wellington as ‘head’ port of the ‘Cook Strait Lake’
		Wellington as ‘head’ port of the ‘Cook Strait Lake’
		And there were the ‘Cook Strait Lakers', linking Wellington with her neighbouring ports, some along her own coast, others on the coasts of the three lesser provinces at the north of the South Island.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-ArnNewZ-c14-3.html (1732 words)

	Bluebridge, Cook Strait Ferry
		Strait Shipping's Bluebridge welcomes passengers and cars aboard its Cook Strait ferry service every day.
		The Santa Regina, refurbished in October 2003, has a sailing time of three hours and twenty minutes and capacity for up to 370 people and 150 cars.
		With its onboard café offering snacks and light meals, lounge and quiet area and customer-friendly staff, Bluebridge is the ideal way to cross the Cook Strait.
	www.bluebridge.co.nz (100 words)

	Cook Strait Marathon Swim - Services
		For those interested in undertaking an attempt of a Cook Strait crossing, all of the information you will need to know is right here.
		The Cook Strait team are highly qualified and experienced in exactly what each is to perform.
		Philip Rush, a two time double Strait crosser and a triple English Channel crosser is an ideal individual to have as a guide and main supporter of each attempt.
	www.cookstraitswim.org.nz /services.htm (346 words)

	Cook Strait definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Cook Strait definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		Cook Strait area of ocean separating the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand, noted for its treacherous currents.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_561503025/Cook_Strait.html (86 words)

	Cook Strait Ferries - Wellington,Picton,Wellington,Ferry,Service,Services,Interislander,Lynx,Bluebridge,Strait ...
		Cook Strait - Wellington to Picton - North Island to South Island
		Interislander's three ferries - the Arahura, Aratere and the Kaitaki, offer a convenient, regular daily rail and commercial freight, car and passenger service crossing Cook Strait - a 19 kilometre stretch of water separating Wellington on the North Island and Picton on the South Island.
		The Bluebridge Service is a schedule daily freight, car and passenger car ferry service operating between Wellington to Picton crossing Cook Strait - a 19 kilometre stretch of water separating Wellington on the North Island and Picton on the South Island.
	www.cookstraitferries.com (153 words)

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