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Baffin Bay

Speech parts

1. Baffin Bay - Noun

2. Baffin Bay - Proper noun

Meaning

a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter

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Examples

Farley Mowat, p. 43 Fourth, and perhaps most significantly, they were able to reach 77° 45' North latitude, a record which held for 236 years. citation Bylot and Baffin's work in Baffin Bay was doubted by cartographers back in England. Source: Internet

Narwhals from Canada and West Greenland winter regularly in the pack ice of Davis Strait and Baffin Bay along the continental slope with less than 5% open water and high densities of Greenland halibut. Source: Internet

Storm surge and hurricane warnings on Friday were in effect for Baffin Bay to Sargent, Texas, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for Baffin Bay to Mesquite Bay, Texas, the National Hurricane Center reported. Source: Internet

Environment Canada also banned the export from Canada of fur, claws, skulls and other products from polar bears harvested in Baffin Bay as of 1 January 2010. Source: Internet

After enduring three harsh winters in the Gulf of Boothia, Sir John and his crew abandoned their ice-bound ship, the Victory, in 1832, and headed on foot towards Baffin Bay. Source: Internet

A rapid decline for Arctic sea ice extent briefly hit daily record lows in June, led by extensive ice loss in the Bering, Kara and Beaufort Seas, as well as Hudson and Baffin Bay. Source: Internet

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