Northwest Passage sea route more navigable than ever

Winnipeg Free Press;  August 29, 2007 ;     336 words ......agreed to disagree over the ownership of the Northwest Passage, this summer's record melt of Arctic sea ice has unlocked the fabled polar shipping...you could take a ship from Tokyo through the Northwest Passage to Boston. Not an easy sail, not a Sunday cruise...says a navigable route ...

ANALYSIS: NORTHWEST PASSAGE OPENING SLOWLY

United Press International;  April 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ......00-0000 Analysis: Northwest Passage opening slowly Apr...has been causing the Arctic ice to thin and break...steady retreat of the Arctic ice also means that the legendary Northwest Passage, which intrepid seafarers...soon begin using the Northwest Passage ...

Melting of arctic ice may open up shipping

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Melting of arctic ice may open up shipping Northwest Passage may become...the fabled Northwest Passage across the...extent of arctic ice appears to...that the arctic ice cap will...through the Northwest Passage. Even though...

Analysis: Northwest Passage opening slowly.

United Press International;  April 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ......warming has been causing the Arctic ice to thin and break up earlier...steady retreat of the Arctic ice also means that the legendary Northwest Passage, which intrepid seafarers...can soon begin using the Northwest Passage rather than the Panama...guide vessels through ...

Northwest Passage may open to ships; Climate change means that the...

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  November 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ......legendary Northwest Passage well after...through the Northwest Passage, will be in...legendary Northwest Passage across the...shrinking the Arctic ice and reawakening...toward the Northwest Passage. The Arctic ice pack rarely...search for the ...

Panama Canal North? Restrictions on arctic shipping may be melting...

Sierra;  January 1, 2002 ;     257 words ......that 14 percent of the arctic ice melted away between 1978...disappear each summer. An open Northwest Passage would trim 5,000 miles...and channels of Canada's Northwest Passage would make the Exxon Valdez...might pose a hazard. The Northwest Passage is a strait for ...

NOTES FROM BOOMERANG CREEK Shrinking Arctic ice opens new world of...

Columbia Daily Tribune;  September 24, 2007 ;     699 words ......world scientists that the Arctic ice cap has now shrunk to...cover story, "Who Owns the Arctic?" As the cats dozed, I...recent reports on melting Arctic ice. I told my silent audience...Ocean have opened up a northwest shipping lane, one mariners...have been searching for a ...

Canadian vessel finds the fabled Northwest Passage free of ice Retreating...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......CANADIAN vessel has navigated the legendary Northwest Passage in the Arctic - finding clear water instead of pack ice...fear that such usage could damage the fragile Arctic environment. The crew of the Nadon reached the...months. Their voyage took them north of the Arctic Circle, following ...

Fabled Northwest Passage may become reality as Earth warms.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the fabled Northwest Passage across the ice-cover...The extent of Arctic ice appears to have...up than the Northwest Passage above Canada...climate warming, a Northwest Passage threading 900...coverage of arctic ice usually is at...predicts the ...

Williams, Glyn Voyages of Delusion: the Quest for the Northwest...

History: Review of New Books;  June 22, 2003 ;     456 words ......gold and silver at the end of the Northwest Passage with the tough, competent realists...Arctic experience, the lure of the Northwest Passage and its supposed riches was too much...twenty year campaign to find the Northwest Passage. Combining fireside geography and...

Northwest Passage: It's one of life's last genuine adventures

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 23, 1986 ;     700+ words ......first passenger-ship crossing of the Northwest Passage from west to east, and we are looking...many explorers searching for the Northwest Passage saw a similar wall of ice ahead and...we turn back. Sailing through the Northwest Passage may well be the last great adventure...

Hopes Rise for Northwest Passage With Arctic Ice at Record Low

Transport Topics;  October 8, 2007 ;     474 words ...PARIS - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers wiD become an open shipping...Toudal Pedersen, of the Danish National Space Center, said Arctic ice has shrunk to some ...

NORTHWEST PASSAGE THE ISSUE: CANADA TALKS ABOUT ENFORCING ITS CLAIM. THE...

Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  August 17, 2007 ;     392 words ......to enforce Canada's claim to the Northwest Passage, which links the North Atlantic and...S. Navy has always considered the Northwest Passage part of international waters, open...By 2025, some experts predict, the Northwest Passage may be navigable year-round. The...

Icy Northwest Passage feels heat of change // Oil, gas discoveries jar...

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 12, 1990 ;     700+ words ...All along its rugged course, the Northwest Passage, the legendary polar route between...of the few seamen to traverse the Northwest Passage. Time and again, ice jammed between...Amundsen and a crew of six threaded the Northwest Passage from east to west in the 70-foot...

Melting ice opens Northwest Passage; Europe to Asia routes still years off

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 16, 2007 ;     320 words ...Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping...Toudal Pedersen, of the Danish National Space Center, said Arctic ice has shrunk to about 1 million ...