In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and ...

Navigating one of the most remote and challenging waterways, we set sail from the rugged Aleutian Islands to the narrow False ...

With the search for the Northwest Passage and the expansion of the Grand Banks fishery, the New World soon becomes a destination for permanent European colonies, in Newfoundland and along the St ...

For one man to have conquered the Northwest Passage, the North Magnetic Pole, and the South Pole is almost beyond imagination, yet Roald Amundsen accomplished all three in less than 10 years in ...

seen in the Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Arctic Canada. Credit: UIG via Getty Images The U.S. Coast Guard lacks a permanent Arctic base from which to conduct search and rescue operations ...

In search of postpandemic adventure, the author sailed the icy arctic waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Born around 1539, Martin Frobisher spent his life plundering Spanish and French ships. According to records kept shipmate George Best, Frosbisher thought he had found the fabled Northwest Passage.