Hudson Bay High Sea

The northern waters of Hudson Bay stretch south of Southampton Island, where a great inland sea opens towards the Arctic. In 1612 Thomas Button sailed west through Hudson Strait in search of a passage and spent the winter at the mouth of the Nelson River. When the ice permitted him to sail again in 1613, he followed the western coast north towards Southampton Island and entered the channel later known as Roes Welcome Sound. His voyage carried him across waters long familiar to Inuit hunters.