Hudson Bay
The Hudson Bay is a bay that goes into East-central Canada. It is the fourth largest sea in the world with an area of 316,000 square miles (819,000 square kilometres). The northern and western shores belong to Nunavut, the southern shore is split between Manitoba and Ontario, and the eastern shore belongs to Quebec. It is connected with the Atlantic Ocean through the Hudson Strait, which is in the northeast of the bay, and with the Arctic Ocean through the Foxe Channel in the north part of the bay.
It was named for the English explorer Henry Hudson, who, in 1610 on the ship Discovery, found the bay and claimed it for England.
Hudson Bay Media
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Canada, routes of explorers (1497 to 1905)
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A European ship coming into contact with Inuit in the ice of Hudson Bay (1697)
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1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet D-14, 5th edition.* * Covers Canada. * Lambert Conformal Conic Projection.* * Standard Parallels 57 20N and 62 40N. * Center longitude 87E.
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Polar bear walks on newly formed ice in early November at Hudson Bay.
In late spring (May), large chunks of ice float near the eastern shore of the bay, while the centre of the bay remains frozen to the west. Between 1971 and 2007, the length of the ice-free season increased by about seven days in the southwestern part of the Hudson Bay, historically the last area to thaw.
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Map of post-glacial rebound. Hudson Bay is in the region of the most rapid uplift.
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The Arctic Bridge shipping route (blue line) is hoped to link North America to markets in Europe and Asia using ice-free routes across the Arctic Ocean