Cruises from Bellot Strait, Nunavut
Bellot Strait above the Arctic Circle is a 30 km passage, round 1 km wide, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, separating Somerset Island on the north from the Boothia Peninsula on the south. The strait runs roughly east to west. Both sides of the strait rise steeply some 200m or so. The current in the strait can run at up to 15 kph, and it often changes direction. The waterway is often filled with small icebergs.
Read moreThe Fort Ross trading post, on the northern shore, was established in 1937 and lasted for eleven years. The building has been refurbished and strengthened, and acts as a refuge for researchers and crews of small boats passing through.
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