Gjoa Haven
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A hamlet in Nunavut, above the Arctic Circle, with about 1,000 inhabitants.
The name Gjoa Haven is from the Norwegian "Gjøahavn" or "Gjøa's Harbour", and was named by polar explorer Roald Amundsen after his ship Gjøa.
In 1903 Amundsen was attempting the first traverse of the Northwest Passage; by October the straits through which he was travelling began to ice up, and Amundsen put his ship Gjøa into a natural harbour on the southeast coast of King William Island. She was to stay there, in what Amundsen called "the finest little harbor in the world", for nearly two years, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen#Northwest_Passage
The name Gjoa Haven is from the Norwegian "Gjøahavn" or "Gjøa's Harbour", and was named by polar explorer Roald Amundsen after his ship Gjøa.
In 1903 Amundsen was attempting the first traverse of the Northwest Passage; by October the straits through which he was travelling began to ice up, and Amundsen put his ship Gjøa into a natural harbour on the southeast coast of King William Island. She was to stay there, in what Amundsen called "the finest little harbor in the world", for nearly two years, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen#Northwest_Passage
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjoa_Haven,_Nunavut
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Coordinates: 68°37'38"N 95°52'9"W
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