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The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada.
Jun 19, 2024 · Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. It represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Archipelago of what became Canada.
Northwest Passage Map. The map at the top of this page shows possible routes through the Northwest Passage. Ships traveling west would enter the Passage through Baffin Bay, pass through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by various routes, exit into the Beaufort Sea and then out into the Pacific Ocean through the Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea.
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is a sea passage located above the continent of North America that skirts between Canada and Greenland, through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, and around the northern coast of Alaska until it reaches the Bering sea (1). Northwest Passage Route Map.
Feb 22, 2018 · The Northwest Passage spans roughly 900 miles from the North Atlantic north of Canada’s Baffin Island in the east to the Beaufort Sea north of the U.S. state of Alaska in the west.
Oct 20, 2016 · This map, published in Russia in 1784, depicts a possible Northwest Passage: on the far right side, "R. de l'Quest” connects Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
Explore the history, geography, and challenges of the Northwest Passage through interactive maps and words in this ArcGIS story map.
