Beaufort Sea

American  

[boh-fert] / ˈboʊ fərt /

noun

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

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Beaufort Sea British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

When those warm conditions persisted in the summertime Beaufort Sea, northeast of Alaska, salmon could continue to Canada.

From Science Daily

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

In April, they'd head north through the Chukchi Sea and into the Beaufort Sea off the Canadian and Alaska coasts, head west to the Russian Chukotka Peninsula, and finally go back south around mid-November.

From Science Daily

A mother bear's inability to successfully raise cubs contributed to the 40 per cent decline of the Southern Beaufort Sea subpopulation between 2000-2010.

From Science Daily