Rice Strait Explained
Rice Strait is a narrow waterway between Ellesmere Island's eastern coast and Pim Island in northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It connects Rosse Bay on the south with Buchanan Bay to the north.[1]
The strait is named after Sergeant George W. Rice (born 29 June 1855 in Baddeck, Nova Scotia), who was the photographer on Adolphus Greely's ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, and also a correspondent with the New York Herald. He was the only Canadian on this United States Army Signal Corps sponsored expedition to the Arctic. Rice died on 9 April 1884, before the expedition's rescue.[2] [3]
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78.7167°N -117°W
Notes and References
- Book: Dieck, Herman Dieck . The Marvellous Wonders of the Polar World . cocked-hat rice's strait. . 521 . 1885 . Thompson National Pub. Co. . Philadelphia . 6878914.
- Book: 639 . The Photographic news . arctic photographer greely rice. . 1858 . Cassell, Petter, and Galpin . London . 15044524.
- Book: Buel, James William . 584 . The world's wonders as seen by the great tropical and polar explorers : being an encyclopedia of exploration, discovery and adventure in all parts of the world ... . George W. Rice Nova Scotia. . 1884 . Historical Pub. Co. . St. Louis . 3569895.