Baffin Bay
a part of the Arctic Ocean between W Greenland and E Baffin Island.
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How to use Baffin Bay in a sentence
The expedition was last seen in Baffin Bay, from where the ships were planning to enter Lancaster Sound, the eastern entrance of the present-day Northwest Passage, more than two months after setting sail from England.
Each winter, Baffin Bay freezes over as polar darkness descends over the top of the world.
Trapped under ice, light-loving algae grow in the dark Arctic winter | Jonathan Lambert | September 25, 2020 | Science NewsThe ocean current which sweeps past this cape, and opens the way to the other side of Baffin Bay, is wonderful.
North-Pole Voyages | Zachariah Atwell MudgeIt's rather a bad sign, although, of course, there may be a higher temperature in the corresponding latitude in Baffin Bay.
The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. WestermanThe ships were last seen by civilized men in Baffin Bay, whence they passed from the knowledge of the world.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World | Adolphus W. Greely
By daylight—about five o'clock, after a light meal—we were over Baffin Bay.
Tarrano the Conqueror | Raymond King CummingsThe current continued the wrong way and the floe upon which they were drifting carried them toward Baffin Bay.
The Greater Republic | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for Baffin Bay
/ (ˈbæfɪn) /
part of the Northwest Passage, situated between Baffin Island and Greenland
Origin of Baffin Bay
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