Northwest Passage

Andrew Burmon

A Thawed Plan: How Warming Complicates Cruising The Canadian Arctic

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Cruise Canada, Video, Cruises, Climate Change, Canada Travel, Arctic Cruises, Canada, Global Warming, Arctic, Northwest Passage, Travel News

The melting of Arctic ice first made the Northwest Passage passable for a cruise ship in 1984, creating an opportunity for outfitters to cater to thos...

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Ship Lost For More Than 150 Years Recovered In Canada

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lost Ship Discovered, Mercy Bay, Sir John Franklin, Lost Ship, HMS Investigator, Beaufort Sea, Canada, Northwest Passage, Hms Investigator Very Good Condition, Hms Investigator Fabled Northwest Passage, Hms Investigator Canada, Hms Investigator 150 Years, World News

TORONTO — Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was...

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Warm Winds May Reopen Arctic Northwest Passage

McClatchy Newspapers | George Bryson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Northwest Passage, Green News

Alaska's warm weather this summer has all "gone north." Way north. Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center say strong, southerly winds fro...

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Elusive Northwest Passage May Open To Shipping As Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks

AP | Jamey Keaten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Canada, Shipping, Global Warming, Arctic, North Pole, Northwest Passage, Home News

Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous ...

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