The Discovery of the Northwest Passage:The colonial powers of Britain, Spain, and France each sought after the discovery of the Northwest passage during the colonial era. This passage was coveted as a potential trade route to the East Indies yet proved elusive to find....
(NorthwestPassage)History(1940)St.RochWartimemissionRecently discovered documents show that the 'St. Roch' left Vancouver for the eastern Arctic via the Northwest Passage in 1940 to establish a secret Canadian presence in Greenland and deter a possible German invasion or sabotage attempts on the ...
Doglioni explains that all of Türkiye is cross-cut by faults – but that there is faster motion and a larger accumulation of energy along the North Anatolia and the East Anatolia faults. "In this specific case, the Anatolia plate is moving relatively southwest every day, but w...
In the summer of 2000, a Canadian Mountie took a large patrol boat into the heart of the Northwest Passage. He expected to encounter ice, but to his surprise, there were no bergs, no growlers, and no pancake ice. In fact, he found no ice at all. For the past few summers now, ...
Why was the Northwest Passage so deadly?The Search for the Northwest Passage:During the Age of Discovery, Europeans desired to find a maritime route through the Arctic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in order to facilitate trade with the Pacific region. England, Spain, and France were...