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Foxe Basin
noun
- an ocean passage in Nunavut Territory, Canada, connected with Hudson Bay by the Foxe Channel.
Foxe Basin
/ fɒks /
noun
- an arm of the Atlantic in NE Canada, between Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island
Example Sentences
Snow geese nest in the far north Arctic area of North Foxe Basin and Central Baffin Island north to Ellesmere Island and into northwest Greenland.
In addition to the low number of cubs, the report says the average observed litter size was the lowest ever recorded in all three Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulations—western and southern Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin—suggesting that reproductive output in the region “was poor in 2011.”
Kahru said the impacted zones cover roughly 1 million square kilometers, including portions of the Foxe Basin and the Baffin Sea, which belong to Canada, and the Kara Sea north of Russia.
Riding the Aric Circuit The mercury stood at 30� below zero, and the rosy Arctic twilight suffused the snow with an eerie blush when a DC-3, equipped with ski pontoons, bounced to a landing on the ice of Foxe Basin north of Hudson Bay.
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