In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the ...

One Washington state park boasts loads of camping, hiking, and swimming, with rich historic landmarks to take in along the ...

Rescuers with the U.S. Coast Guard lifted a man to safety from a cruise ship Sunday after he reported extreme seasickness. The man, a crew member with the ship, reported that he was experiencing ...

In February, Sarah Leete captivated a crowd at the Seniors on the Bow with her alphabetical journey through the Northwest Passage to Greenland. By popular demand, the presentation will be held again ...

The next claimant to the number one spot in Greenland was a tenth-century Norseman blown off-course on passage from Norway towards Iceland. Gunnbjorn Ulf Dragesson saw land far to the northwest before ...

Many people reassessed their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate ...

The United States unveiled new port fees on Chinese built and operated ships Thursday, in a bid to boost the domestic shipbuilding industry and curb China's dominance in the sector. The move ...

(Jim Watson/AP) First, the island sits at the eastern end of the Northwest Passage, an ice-bound sea route connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic that is becoming more reliably navigable as ...

Enjoy the uniqueness of your voyage, as the thickness of the ice decides where and how the ship proceeds when sailing the Northwest Passage. A true highlight of Seabourn’s Arctic Expedition voyage is ...

Dr. Steven M. Bell, 68, passed away on April 12, 2025, in Emporia, Kan. Born on November 3, 1956, in Lawrence, Kan., Steve lived a life marked by intellectual ...

In addition, it would commit to completing a 600-km, all-season road from Yellowknife to Grays Bay, an ocean port on the Arctic coast that is adjacent to the Northwest Passage. This project is ...