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Beaufort Sea

American  
[boh-fert] / ˈboʊ fərt /

noun

  1. a part of the Arctic Ocean, NE of Alaska.


Beaufort Sea British  

noun

  1. part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America

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Scientists studied microscopic organisms in four environments -- open ocean, river mouths, coasts and under sea ice -- in the Beaufort Sea off northern Canada.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

One day in March, the black metal sail of a 360-foot attack sub armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles and torpedoes punched through the dense ice of the Beaufort Sea during Operation Ice Camp.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

They used hydrophones to monitor bowhead whales in the western Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Plateau from 2008 to 2022.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

The coastal plain, which lies along the Beaufort Sea on Alaska’s northeastern edge, is marked by hills, rivers and small lakes and tundra.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

The barren slope stretches for three hundred miles from the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean, and for more than eight hundred miles from the Chukchi to the Beaufort Sea.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George