Episode 684
This source provides a geographical and historical overview of the Victoria Strait, an extensive waterway located in Nunavut, Canada, situated between Victoria Island and King William Island. Geographically, the strait is noted for being 160 kilometers long, though navigation remains hazardous because much of the year the area is covered with rough, heavy polar ice and features water depths as shallow as ten meters. The waterway is historically significant as the site where John Franklin's expedition ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, became icebound and were abandoned in 1848. Despite its dangers, the strait was eventually navigated by modern icebreakers, beginning with the CCGS John A. Macdonald in 1967.
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