Northwest Passage

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Northwest Passage

A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic Archipelago of northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. It was long sought by European navigators seeking to reach India and China.

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Northwest Passage

(Navigation) the passage by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the N coast of America: attempted for over 300 years by Europeans seeking a short route to the Far East, before being successfully navigated by Amundsen (1903–06)

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North′west Pas′sage

a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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Northwest Passage - a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)

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This is the ninth of October, and they have not found her yet: they will as soon find the Northwest Passage. Call your dogs off; and you may hear of the young lady's safety under her own hand.

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They are to sail (in search of the Northwest Passage) on the next day, with the morning tide.

Will the Second Sight oblige me by seeing the shortest way to the Northwest Passage, before we leave England?"

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You see, it was just the Northwest Passage of that day, as you may say; that was all.

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Is it the source of the Nile, or the Niger, or the Mississippi, or a Northwest Passage around this continent, that we would find?

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A new satellite has been added to the Marlink VSAT network to augment Ku-band coverage in the Northwest Passage, from the east coast of Canada to the western tip of Alaska, helping to open the region further for cruise ships and superyachts looking for adventure off the beaten track.

New satellite capacity provides high-speed connectivity to Marlink's maritime users

There are many ways to travel through the Northwest Passage west of Somerset Island, but Lancaster Sound is the only way in or out of the eastern end.

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The primary focus of McGoogan's latest book is the contribution, in almost every case absolutely critical, made by Indigenous people to the search for the Northwest Passage or for the missing Franklin expedition.

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Mackenzie believed the river led to the Northwest Passage, but he was 200 years too early: The Arctic Ocean during his journey was an impenetrable frozen sea.

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He found the remains of the failed Franklin trip, which set out to uncover a route through the Northwest Passage.

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Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen might have done it first, but today no one navigates the Northwest Passage better than Hurtigruten.