Recounting the tales of the many successful and failed voyages to the far north, Tom says lessons can be learned from the ...

The northwest passage (along the US and Canadian shorelines) and the northeast passage (along Russia's Arctic coast) are often ice free now during the summer. This has increased opportunities for ...

The Northeast Passage, also known as the Northern Sea Route (NSR), in particular shortens the distances between Europe and East Asia compared to the traditional route via the Suez Canal.

An account of Soviet investigations of the region, which are descended from the efforts of early explorers to find a northeast passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific ...

For example, the distance for a container ship from Asia to Europe through the northeast passage can be up to three times shorter, compared to traditional routes through the Suez Canal or around ...