Born in 1786, Franklin entered the Royal Navy at the age of 14. His first taste of exploration came in 1801-03, when he ...

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

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 ...

Sled expeditions continue on Ellesmere Island and in the Northwest Passage, while other journeys have ended in Siberia, ...

When Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen traversed the Northwest Passage in a tiny wooden boat from 1903 to 1906, he likely never envisioned that a little more than a century later, a 1,725-person ...

Of all the brave Britishers who for 400 years had given freely of their treasure, courage, and enterprise to dauntless but unsuccessful attempts to negotiate the Northwest Passage, none was braver ...

Sarah Leete captivated a crowd at the Seniors on the Bow with her alphabetical journey through the Northwest Passage to ...

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By early May, the high sun can make calm Arctic days mild or even hot. We update expeditions on Ellesmere Island, the ...

Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate the Northwest Passage—the icy arctic waterway that connects ...