Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1891-Strait of Belle Isle: The First Encounter
A Google Earth satellite image of the Strait
of Belle Isle
“At Sydney, the Strait of Belle Isle was reported to be free of ice, but early Monday morning, just within the Strait, we ran into pack-ice, and the members of my party had their first experience of this common phase of arctic navigation.” - Robert E. Peary in Northward over the “Great Ice”, published in 1898
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Fishing off the Strait of Belle Isle
"Strait of Belle Isle" by TerraMetrics, 2007, Google Earth
