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Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea (French: Mer de Beaufort) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean,[4] located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer. The major Mackenzie River empties into the Canadian part of the sea, west of Tuktoyaktuk, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea shores.