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Canadian Northwest Territories
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421:Hydrography
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191:Belzebub II
179:Polar Bound
851:Categories
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697:Napaktulik
622:Great Bear
582:Blackwater
491:Kotaneelee
481:Kagloryuak
461:Great Bear
451:Coppermine
441:Arctic Red
317:August 30,
224:References
145:icebreaker
95:Royal Navy
727:Tahiryuak
657:Lac Belot
612:Firedrake
572:Artillery
501:Mackenzie
189:sailboat
153:Manhattan
140:Manhattan
130:thick ice
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737:Tulemalu
732:Tathlina
722:Snowbird
692:Mosquito
687:McArthur
602:Colville
521:Redstone
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272:April 9,
212:See also
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423:of the
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587:Boyd
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