Boothia
Americannoun
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a peninsula in N Canada: the northernmost part of the mainland of North America; former location of the north magnetic pole.
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Gulf of, a gulf between this peninsula and Baffin Island.
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"True North" is the direction in which one points to the North Pole, but compass needles point in the direction of the magnetic pole, which is on the Boothia Peninsula in Northern Canada.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next flight was to the North Magnetic Pole, believed to be somewhere in the Boothia Peninsula of far northern Canada.
From Time Magazine Archive
The North Magnetic Pole is a point on the Boothia Peninsula of Canada's Northwest Territories, close to where the 96th-meridian of west longitude crosses the 71st parallel of north latitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They told me, too, they had found skulls and bones of white men washed up along the coast from Prince of Wales Island right down to Boothia Peninsula."
From Time Magazine Archive
Proceed westward in a boat—Cheerless state of the western sea—Struggles in Bellot Strait—Falcons, good Arctic fare—The resources of Boothia Felix—Future sledge travelling—Heavy gales—Hobson's party start—Winter quarters—Bellot Strait—Advanced depôt established—Observatories—Intense cold—Autumn travellers—Narrow escape.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
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