While the other polar countries have recognized Canadian sovereignty over its northern territories and islands, Ottawa's claims that the various channels and straits that comprise the Northwest Passage are also part of Canada's internal waters are not universally accepted.
Just plain rude is fine with Miss Information, the narrator of David Greenberg's "Don't Forget Your Etiquette!," who proceeds to challenge statements from various straight-faced, strait-laced books on manners.
America was "found" by Siberian migrants across the Bering Strait at various times between the 30th and the 10th millennium BC.
It contains the islands of Qeshm (Qishm), Hormuz, and Hengām (Henjām) and is of great strategic and economic importance, especially as oil tankers collecting from various ports on the Persian Gulf must pass through the strait.
It lies just upstream of the freshwater exit points in Fram and Nares Straits, i.e., where freshwater from various sources is finally delivered to some of the main channels that lead to the North Atlantic Ocean.
As a writer, Colley is seldom less than elegant, and her book is enlivened by sharp-eyed descriptions of what some of the various places of captivity look like today, from the Straits of Gibraltar to the ruins of the island fortress of Seringapatam in India.
Satellite altimeter data show that Kuroshio intrusion takes different pathways through the Luzon Strait as a result of eddies of various timescales (e.g., Yuan et al. 2006; Caruso et al. 2006).
From there it could move by tanker ships, either to other Black Sea countries or, in most cases, through the Bosporus Straits in Turkey, down to the Mediterranean and from there, various ports around the world.
Individuals may find themselves in financial straits because of a disaster or may incur debt for various other reasons, including seeking a bank loan for a new investment or endeavor.
Various Iranian officials in recent weeks have said they would blockade the strait, which is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, if the United States and Europe imposed a tight oil embargo on their country in an effort to thwart its development of nuclear weapons.
