«On the North. A line from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Lands End, Prince Patrick Island (76°16' N, 124°08' O). On the East. From Lands End through the Southwest coast of Prince Patrick Island to Griffiths Point, thence a line to Cape Prince Alfred, the Northwestern extreme of Banks Island, through its West coast to Cape Kellet, the Southwestern point, and thence a line to Cape Bathurst on the mainland (70°36' N, 127°32' W)». A versión orixinal, en inglés, está dispoñible en liña no sitio oficial da «International Hydrographic Organization» en: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/29772/1/IHO1953a.pdf.