Hudson Bay

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a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1,370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).

Hudson Bay

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an inland sea in NE Canada: linked with the Atlantic by Hudson Strait; the S extension forms James Bay; discovered in 1610 by Henry Hudson. Area (excluding James Bay): 647 500 sq km (250 000 sq miles)

Hudson Bay

Inland arm of the Atlantic Ocean in east-central Canada. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories lie on its shores.

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It was explored and named by Henry Hudson, who was searching for the Northwest Passage.

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The Hudson Bay Company - Canada's oldest corporation - will sell its brand to another iconic national retailer, Canadian Tire.

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This is partly as a result of a late freeze-up of ice around Hudson Bay, with unusually warm ocean waters taking a long time to cool down.

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"We’ve been to see the brown bears fishing the salmon out of a river in Alaska, we saw beluga whales in Hudson Bay, Canada," Liz says.

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Every year, the Hudson Bay - on the western edge of which the town is perched - thaws, and forces the bears on shore.

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Last month, the eastern half of Hudson Bay, home to the world’s most-studied polar bears, went ice free a month earlier than usual.

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