After Sir Francis Beaufort, British naval officer., Beaufort scale of wind force ranges from 0 for calm to 12 for hurricane and corresponds with the velocity at a set distance above ground or sea level.
From Point Barrow, Alaska, Beaufort Sea, a part of the ocean of northeast, extends to the Arctic Archipelago of western Canada; pack ice covers the entirety for most of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis... After Sir Francis Beaufort, British naval officer., Beaufort scale of wind force ranges from 0 for calm to 12 for hurricane and corresponds with the velocity at a set distance above ground or sea level.
From Point Barrow, Alaska, Beaufort Sea, a part of the ocean of northeast, extends to the Arctic Archipelago of western Canada; pack ice covers the entirety for most of the year.