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

Details the exploration and development of Northern Canada, highlighting the historical attempts to find a Northwest Passage, the establishment of the fur trade, and the gold rushes that spurred ...

Meanwhile, the rest of the Northwest Passage was still before us. We left our camp on August 13, 1905, and set sail through Simpson Strait. Much of this coast had been mapped by earlier explorers ...

Sea Ice, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Arctic Canada. Credit: UIG via Getty Images The Crystal Cruises ship signals the arrival of a new era of mass tourist exploration of the once inaccessible and ...

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

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 ...

When Amundsen set out on the Northwest Passage, he was a transitional character. He was helping to close the chapter of terrestrial exploration and open the space era. After him, what's left?

Like other great explorers, Amundsen knew when to turn ... by Englishman John Franklin's disastrous search for the Northwest Passage. Although Amundsen continued his sea career, he also began ...

Early explorers searched for a shortcut through ... Little-known, yet he played a crucial role in the search for the Northwest Passage by imagining a world that ranged well beyond the limited ...

They gradually thought of undertaking their own explorations to find a passage that would lead them to China's wealth, by going via the Northwest. In 1497, Giovanni Caboto (called John Cabot ...

I need epic adventure and exploration in my life.” He would find both on this journey, and live to write about it in “Into the Ice: The Northwest Passage, the Polar Sun, and a 175-Year-Old ...