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	Strait
		A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses.
		Straits usually lie on important shipping routes, and many wars have been fought for control of these straits.
		That is, while straits lie between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, isthmuses lie between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/Strait.html (513 words)

	Hudson Bay - LoveToKnow 1911
		The average depth of water is about 70 fathoms, deepening at the entrance of Hudson Strait to loo fathoms.
		Were navigation open for a sufficient time, such a route for the grain of the Canadian and American west would be of enormous advantage.
		The Cabots entered the strait in 1498, and during the next century a series of Elizabethan mariners; but the bay was not explored until 1610, when Henry Hudson pushed through the ice and explored to the southern limit of James Bay.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hudson_Bay (886 words)

	Strait - Wikipedia
		A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses.
		Straits usually lie on important shipping routes, and many wars have been fought for control of these straits.
		That is, while straits lie between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, isthmuses lie between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /st/Strait.html (522 words)

	Fury and Hecla Strait
		Fury and Hecla Strait is located at the northern end of FOXE BASIN, connecting the basin with the Gulf of BOOTHIA, and separating Melville Peninsula on the mainland and Baffin Island to the north.
		The strait was discovered in July 1822 by William Parry and it naturally aroused interest as a possible link in the NORTHWEST PASSAGE; Parry's way was blocked by ice but a land reconnaissance confirmed that the strait led to open water.
		Joseph Bernier attempted to traverse the strait in 1911, but was also prevented by heavy ice.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003121 (171 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Fury
		Furies (Erthyes and Eumenides) In Greek mythology, three hideous goddesses of vengeance whose main task was to torment those guilty of social crimes.
		The Furies lived in the underworld and ascended to earth to pursue the wicked.
		Fury and Hecla Strait The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Fury (595 words)

	The Mariners' Museum \| EXPLORATION through the AGES
		The Hecla was refitted for Arctic exploration in 1819.
		The Hecla, command by William Parry, and the Griper (a gun brig) set sail for the Arctic May 11, 1819, and returned in October having traversed about half of the Northwest Passage in one season.
		The Fury became damaged in the ice and was abandoned August 25, 1825.
	www.mariner.org /exploration/index.php?type=ship&id=23 (293 words)

	HUDSON BAY - LoveToKnow Article on HUDSON BAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The average depth of water is about 70 fathoms, deepening at the entrance of Hudson Strait to 100 fathoms.
		Were navigation open for a sufficient time, such a route for the grain of the Canadian and American west would be of enormous advantage.
		The Cabots entered the strait in 1498, and during the next century a series of Elizabethan mariners; but the bay was not explored until 1610, when Henry Hudson pushed through the ice and explored to the southern limit of James Bay.
	22.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUDSON_BAY.htm (898 words)

	Notable Voyagers, by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith, Chapter 28
		As the Hecla was drifting on with a southerly current, she was nearly nipped by a detached floe, which drove her against a berg aground, one hundred and forty feet high, where the depth of water was one hundred and twenty fathoms, so that its whole height must have exceeded eight hundred feet.
		For this purpose the Hecla was again commissioned, and as it was considered that vessels of the same size were best calculated for the work, the Fury, of three hundred and seventy-seven tons, was appointed to accompany her instead of the old Griper.
		The Hecla was immediately beset, in spite of every exertion, and, after breaking two of the largest ice-anchors, in endeavouring to heave in to the shore, she was compelled to drift with the ice.
	www.athelstane.co.uk /kingston/voyagers/vyage28.htm (8394 words)

	Mackenzie River Basin Board
		YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. - Arctic straits that are typically choked solid with ice this time of year remain completely open to shipping traffic late in October, raising profound issues for Canada as it struggles to maintain its grasp on the Arctic.
		"We actually went through Bellot Strait and Fury and Hecla Strait, which nobody has ever done this time of year," said Gary Stern, a Fisheries and Oceans researcher who is serving as chief scientist aboard the Amundsen.
		In 1822, when Fury and Hecla Strait was discovered by explorer William Edward Parry, its ice remained so thick at the height of summer that he was forced to anchor his boats and cross by foot.
	www.mrbb.ca /news_detail.asp?PID=1335 (806 words)

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		separated by lakes and inlets; and a narrow channel known as Bellot Strait intervenes between it and North Somerset Island, which was discovered by Sir E. Parry in 1819.
		It is connected with Barrow Strait and Lancaster.
		Sound by Prince Regent Inlet, with Franklin Strait by Bellot Strait, and with Fox Channel by Fury and Hecla Strait.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=10211&locale=en (202 words)

	NORTHERN ICE 2001
		Fury and Hecla Strait stays frozen solid through the summer, and begins to break up only in the fall.
		Fury and Hecla Strait and Foxe Basin will no doubt have ice on the surface, given the onset of winter.
		The Strait into Foxe Basin, never considered during other seasons, may well be the shortest and easiest route for the MV Arctic and her escort this trip.
	www.ri.net /tni2001/main10.29.01.htm (1610 words)

	Polar Quest North and South Pole Expedition 2006
		1824 - 25 Voyage of the Hecla and Griper
		After the return of Parry’s expedition of 1821-23 the Hecla and Fury were overhauled and prepared for him to lead yet another expedition to attempt to discover the Northwest Passage.
		The Fury was hurled onto the beach and even though she was eventually got off was only hurled back again and again until she proved unseaworthy and had to be abandoned.
	polarquest.info /history.php (1732 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		He reached the entrance to the strait by the end of June and continued westward to the north of Southampton Island into Repulse Bay, which was discovered to be closed to any further progress to the west.
		From the Inuit, Parry learned that there was a strait north of Winter Island which provided access to open water to the west, and his hopes of finding the northwest passage were heightened.
		At the beginning of October winter quarters were prepared off Igloolik Island, Hooper Inlet, not far from the entrance to the strait, and the expedition passed a second winter in the company of Inuit who also used the island as a winter settlement.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38245 (3337 words)

	strait - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Channel, Bab el Mandeb, Balqash, Lake, Bangka Strait, Basilan Strait, Bass Strait, Belle Isle, Berhala, Straits of, Bering Strait, Bo Hai, Strait...
		Malacca, Strait of, body of water, southeastern Asia, separating the Malay Peninsula on the northeast from the island of Sumatra on the southwest,...
		Tiran, Strait of, narrow channel in southwestern Asia, surrounding Tiran Island (Saudi Arabia), and linking the Gulf of Aqaba to the Red Sea.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=strait&pg=15&grp=map (150 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Parry Sir William Edward - AOL Research & Learn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He entered the navy at 13 and made his first voyage to the Arctic under Sir John Ross in 1818 in search of the Northwest Passage.
		He was then put in command of the Hecla and the Griper in an expedition (1819–20) to hunt for the passage.
		Two other unsuccessful attempts were made (1821–23, 1824–25) to find the Northwest Passage, in the course of which Fury and Hecla Strait was discovered and new information about the Arctic was disclosed.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/parry-sir-william-edward/20051207001409990003 (243 words)

	Fiamma Straneo's Projects
		Of these, the first two are major pathways connecting the fresher, ice-producing Arctic Ocean with the North Atlantic, while Hudson Strait accumulates a large riverine input from the North American continent, formation of sea-ice over the entire Hudson Bay/Foxe Basin system and a small contribution from the Arctic via Hecla and Fury Strait.
		ASOF, is underway to quantify and monitor the exchange between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
		After Fram and Davis Straits, Hudson Strait is the third largest input of freshwater into the Labrador Sea (and hence the North Atlantic).
	www.whoi.edu /science/PO/people/fstraneo/hudson/hudson.html (310 words)

	EnergyPulse Article
		The 150-ft deep Fury and Hecla Strait (70N, 85W) which separates Baffin Island from the Melville Peninsula would be the northwest end of the tidal mega-reservoir.
		This strait would need to be sealed by using land bridges that connect one or more of the mid-channel islands to Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula.
		The entrance to Hudson Strait is located between Resolution Island and Cape Chidley (at 65W, between 61N and 62N) would also be the eastern end of the tidal mega-reservoir.
	www.energypulse.net /centers/article/article_print.cfm?a_id=1044 (1987 words)

	AllRefer.com - Fury and Hecla Strait (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Fury and Hecla Strait (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		Fury and Hecla Strait[hek´lu] Pronunciation Key, narrow channel, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 15 mi (16–24 km) wide, N Canada, between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Fury and Hecla Strait
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FuryNHec.html (179 words)

	Manuscript Report 25
		The spring surveys indicated a distinct boundary for the Foxe Basin population at its northern and eastern extremities in spring.
		All of the bears harvested from Cape Dorset and those harvested east of Fury and Hecla Strait with tags from Hall Beach or Igloolik may be considered to be from the Foxe Basin Population.
		The Igloolik and Hall Beach harvest taken west of Fury and Hecla Sound may be considered to be from the Gulf of Boothia population.
	www.nwtwildlife.com /Publications/ManuscriptReports/Reports/25.htm (244 words)

	The private journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of HMS 'Hecla' during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry : ...
		However, it became apparent that the 19th century was to herald a period of relative peace, and as a result HMS Hecla was used for voyages of exploration.
		The heavy construction of HMS Hecla made her ideally suited to such voyages. By 1820 Captain William Edward Parry had traversed half of the Northwest Passage in the vessels HMS Hecla and HMS Griper.
		HMS Hecla was to undertake a third expedition in 1824, when she left for the Canadian Arctic, and was taken was taken north by Parry in 1827 in an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.13528 (655 words)

	The Mariners' Museum \| EXPLORATION through the AGES
		Parry, again on the HMS Fury, and George Lyons, in command of the HMS Hecla, left London, April 29, 1821, hoping to go farther into the Northwest Passage than Parry’s last attempt.
		Using maps related to them by the Inuit, the ships headed north on July 2, 1822 and reached the mouth of the Fury and Hecla Strait.
		They could not enter the strait due to ice, so sledging parties were sent out to discover that the sea was to the west.
	www.mariner.org /exploration/index.php?type=explorersection&id=149 (307 words)

	Igloolik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		, inc 1976, is located on an island of the same name at the eastern entrance to FURY AND HECLA STRAIT off the coast of the MELVILLE PENINSULA.
		The area provides a unique record of unbroken INUIT habitation, with the oldest site established about 2000 BC.
		Sir William PARRY with his 2 ships Fury and Hecla were the first Europeans to visit Igloolik.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0003948 (161 words)

	ExpeditionTrips.com: Trip Details Page
		Continue along the coast into the Hudson Strait, with possible expedition stops on Edgell Island at the mouth of Frobisher Bay, as well as Diana Bay and Akpatok Island.
		In summer, the islands’ cliffs are nesting habitats for Arctic terns, razorbills, thick-billed murres, kittiwakes, fl guillemots, and Atlantic puffins, which in turn attracts polar bears to the area.
		Named after the vessels of William Parry’s expedition of 1821 — 1823, Fury and Hecla Strait separates Baffin Island from the Melville Peninsula.
	www.expeditiontrips.com /search/trip.asp?tripid=1987 (1003 words)

	Arcticnet - Get the news from the scientific community concerning the impact of climate change
		YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. -- Arctic straits that are typically choked solid with ice this time of year remain completely open to shipping traffic late in October, raising profound issues for Canada as it struggles to maintain its grasp on the Arctic.
		For the past week, the Canadian Coast Guard scientific icebreaker Amundsen has sailed east from the Nunavut hamlet of Kugluktuk, encountering virtually no resistance through straits that have for centuries been nearly impossible to traverse, even in summer.
		As recently as 1999, Canada's most powerful icebreaker, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, encountered so much ice during an August journey through the strait that she sustained damage to her propellers and could not move faster than 200 metres per hour.
	www.arcticnet-ulaval.ca /index.php?fa=News.showNews&menu=4&home=5&sub=1&id=304 (444 words)

	Catholic Mission To The Inuit
		Igloolik is located on a small island northeast of the Melville Peninsula, towards Baffin Island, at the opening of the Fury and Hecla Strait.
		The name of the town means in Inuktituk “a place with igloos”.
		W.E. Parry commanding ships Fury and Hecla wintered on the island in 1822.
	www.arcticomi.ca /2igloolik.html (647 words)

	StopGlobalWarming.org: Melting Arctic Makes Way for Man
		He buzzes through the strait, then climbs to view the expanse of gray water beyond.
		The Amundsen cautiously approaches Baffin Island at Fury and Hecla Strait, a dangerously narrow half-mile-wide passage.
		At the eastern mouth of the strait, the residents of Igloolik are surprised the ship is coming through the Northwest Passage in late October.
	www.stopglobalwarming.org /sgw_read.asp?id=1127071152006 (2191 words)

	april (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		When he arrives at Fury and Hecla Strait, about one month later, he should be able to traverse safely and arrive on the mainland of Canada.
		The idea is to head down south on land to the Fury and Hecla Strait, rather than heading westwards as initially planned.
		This involves the traverse on foot and ski of the North-Western Territories of Canada, heading westwards towards the Bering Strait in Alaska.
	www.mikehorn.com /html/content/diary/november.htm (1220 words)

	Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection
		A High Cuesta Along Fury and Hecla Strait, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut.
		In the background of this striking feature is the snow and ice covered surface of Fury and Hecla Strait, lying at the northern end of Melville Peninsula.
		If you contact us, formal permission can be granted, on a one time basis only, to use this photo from the Geological Survey of Canada.
	gsc.nrcan.gc.ca /landscapes/details_e.php?photoID=745 (124 words)

	Zegrahm Expeditions - Reports From The Field:Circumnavigation of Baffin Island
		By 0830 we were entering the Fury and Hecla Strait, the narrow body of water that separates Baffin Island from the Melville Peninsula.
		The place is named after the two vessels used by Sir William Parry in 1821-1823, when he penetrated the strait to its western end.
		At length, we emerged into the Gulf of Boothia, a large strait separating Baffin Island from the Boothia Peninsula to the west.
	www.zeco.com /travel-reports/dayreports.asp?id=109&itid=1076 (766 words)

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