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strait betweenGreenland andEllesmere Island , connecting theArctic Ocean and Hall Basin, part of theNares Strait .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The vessel passed through Robeson Channel into the polar ocean, reaching
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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We were just beginning to be worried about them, as the ice of Robeson Channel in the dark of winter is not the safest road for a sledge party.
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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But beyond lay Robeson Channel, only some thirty miles away, and the navigator who knows Robeson Channel will never be sanguine that it has anything good in store for him.
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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Robeson Channel, on the evening of December 29, consisted of Marvin, the captain, nine Eskimos, and fifty-four dogs.
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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These values, taken in connection with the Robeson Channel disturbance, indicate that the time of tide along the coast of Peary Land becomes later as one travels eastward from Cape
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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So great was our relief at having driven the _Roosevelt_ through the ice of Robeson Channel, that as soon as the mooring lines were out at Cape
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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As we steamed north from the harbor of Etah, my thoughts were on the condition of the ice in Robeson Channel; and the ice in Robeson Channel is more dramatic than any parting -- save from one's nearest and dearest, and I had left mine three thousand miles below at Sydney.
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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Robeson Channel and the deflecting force due to the earth's rotation tend to preserve, far to the northeastward and partly in the form of a free wave of transmission, the disturbance resulting from the stationary oscillation in the straits.
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888
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On the 26th of August the _Alert_ proceeded alone into Robeson Channel, but got into difficulties with the ice, which bore down on the ship in tremendous masses.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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a delay of twelve days in Robeson Channel opposite Lincoln Bay.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A. Henson 1888
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