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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A part of the Arctic Ocean north of northeast Alaska and northwest Canada extending from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The entire sea is covered with pack ice most of the year.
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- noun part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska
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Examples
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The Mackenzie's outlet in the Beaufort Sea is the site of an extensive delta.
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In addition to Hans Island, which Canada and Denmark both claim, Canada has a border dispute with the United States in the Beaufort Sea, which is believed to hold a trove of natural resources.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JILL MAHONEY 2011
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A recent paper in the journal Ecology concluded there was a "high probability" that polar bears would disappear in the Beaufort Sea, which is off Alaska, by the end of the century.
The Seattle Times 2010
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ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm on a place called Endicott Island in the Beaufort Sea which is just off Alaska's north coast, the was actually the first offshore drilling site ever.
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The article reported sightings of four drowned polar bears in the Beaufort Sea in 2004.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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The July 15 letter states, The fleet of large vessels Shell plans to use for its Beaufort Sea operations will emit large amounts of air pollution that could harm human health and the environment, and significantly degrade the Arctic's clean air.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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So what else is Shell planning beyond their Beaufort Sea drilling?
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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In 2010 the National Marine Fisheries Service completed a biological opinion recognizing the importance of Camden Bay and its surrounding areas in the Beaufort Sea as a feeding and resting area for endangered bowhead whales.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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The July 15 letter to James Kendall states, "NEPA requires an analysis of the incremental effects of Shell's proposed Beaufort Sea drilling when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions."
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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During the Bush administration Shell bought leases in both the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas -- Lease Sales 195 and 202 in the Beaufort Sea in 2005 and 2007 respectively; and Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea in 2008.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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