This story appears in the September 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... for being the first to sail the Arctic's fabled Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is launching its longest cruise ever, a 69-day exploration of Greenland, Japan and ...

In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished ... strive to keep their culture alive In special coverage, National Geographic explores the consequences of the Arctic warming ...