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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1851
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=10
|Headline=Rounders on the Ice
|Salience=2
|Location=
|Country=Canada
|Coordinates=76.94606399999999, -94.3019327
|State=Nunavet
|City=Princess Royal Island
|Modern Address=
|Game=Rounders - Britain
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>The crew of a British ship investigating a northwest passage was trapped in the ice alongside Princess Royal Island in Feb. 1851, and while there the men played Rounders on the ice.</p>
|Sources=<p>"The Discovery of the Northwest Passage by HMS Investigator" (1856), p. 160</p>
|Warning=
|Comment=<p>British sailors played rounders on the ice in Melville Bay, Aug. 20, 1857. See Lloyd, "The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas"</p>
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|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submission Note=
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}