Traversing the ice-bound sea lane across the Arctic Ocean connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had long been a dream of ...

Cook was careful, “zagging outward if the pincers of ice began to close in on his vessels.” When he finally concluded there was no Northwest Passage, he decided to salvage his “defeat,” by ...

Specifically, Cook’s mission was to locate the fabled Northwest Passage, thought to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

There was still hope that there might be a Northwest Passage through the centre of the continent and Cook was trying to find its Pacific outlet.

A 1,725-passenger cruise ship is setting sail on an unprecedented journey for New York City via the Northwest Passage. History is being made on Tuesday in Arctic waters, as the largest vessel ever ...