King William Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the Arctic Ocean, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the W Nunavut Territory, Canada. 5,062 sq. mi. (13,111 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

In 1859, a message found by a search party on King William Island stated that both the Erebus and the Terror were trapped in ice in late 1846 and remained so for about eighteen months.

From Literature

The more stories he heard, the more he became convinced that if the Erebus and the Terror were to be discovered they would be found on King William Island, the very island upon which he had spent most of his life.

From Literature

By 2014, Kamookak had convinced a team of Franklin seekers from Parks Canada to follow his guidance to King William Island.

From Literature

On September 2, 2016, the Parks Canada team was headed in one direction when a new crew member, an Inuit man named Sammy Kogvik, startled his companions by telling them how, while on a fishing trip, he had spotted a tall piece of wood sticking out of the ice at Terror Bay, just south of King William Island.

From Literature

A note left by members of the expedition on King William Island, and found by explorers in 1859, revealed that Sir John Franklin died on 11 June 1847.

From BBC