Beaufort Sea references the Beaufort Sea in his popular Canadian Folk Song Northwest Passage (song). Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea () is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer. The Mackenzie River, the longest in Canada, empties into the Canadian part of the Beaufort Sea west of Tuktoyaktuk, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea shores. The sea, characterized by severe climate, is frozen over most of the year. Historically, only a
In the South Seas In the South Seas "This page discusses the 1973 Canadian television series. For the posthumous book of Robert Louis Stevenson titled In the South Seas, see Robert Louis Stevenson." In the South Seas is a Canadian travel documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1973. George Woodcock wrote and hosted this series featuring the life and culture of various Pacific Ocean nations such as British Solomon Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Tonga and Western Samoa. Woodcock published the 1976 book "South Sea Journey" which included research seen on this series. This half-hour series was broadcast