Rice Strait is a narrow

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between

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's eastern coast and Pim Island in

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's territory of

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. It connects Rosse Bay on the south with Buchanan Bay to the north. The strait is named after Sergeant George W. Rice (born 29 June 1855 in

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), the photographer on

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's ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, and a correspondent with the ''New York Herald''. He was the only Canadian on this

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sponsored expedition to the Arctic. Rice died on 9 April 1884, before the expedition's rescue.

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Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region Bodies of water of Baffin Bay {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub