| 词条 | Port Leopold |
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The locality Port Leopold is an abandoned trading post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It faces Prince Regent Inlet at the northeast tip of Somerset Island. Elwin Bay{{ref|map 1|map}} is to the south, while Prince Leopold Island{{ref|map 2|map}} is to the north. HistoryIn 1848, the English explorer James Clark Ross wintered here during his search for the missing Franklin expedition.[1] Later, it became the site of a Hudson's Bay Company trading post.[2] References1. ^{{cite journal|last=Bolduc|first=P.-A. |author2=J.D. Taylor |author3=F.G. Barber|date=September 1986|title=Sea Level at Port Leopold, N.W.T. , in 1848|journal=Arctic|volume=39|issue=3|pages=1|url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-3-264.pdf|doi=10.14430/arctic2084}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/holidaytypeshub/article-602646/Go-floe-Northwest-Passage.html|title=Go with the floe to the Northwest Passage|last=Chesshyre|first=Tom |date=22 January 2008|publisher=dailymail.co.uk|accessdate=2009-05-15}} Mapping{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}
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