Article: Tragic passage: thanks to climate change, Canadians are witnessing the last chapter in a centuries-old Arctic saga--the opening of the Northwest Passage.(Cover story)

Article: Go with the floe to the Northwest Passage ... ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  January 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of the search for the fabled Northwest Passage,which connects the Atlantic ... two shipsunder the command of Sir John Franklin in 1845. Franklin ... Global warming meant the Northwest Passage was clear of ice for the first ...

Article: A group of Irish and Canadian explorers believe they have located ...
History Today;  December 1, 2003 ;     374 words ... ... and Canadian explorers believe they have located where a ship was lost 158 years ago during Sir John Franklin's attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage. The team used a magnetometer to pinpoint the likely spot where the Terror sank in 1845 ...

Article: THE ARCTIC HERO WHO WAS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD; Hero of the Arctic: ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... documentary - and global warming has now madenavigable the icy Northwest Passage he discovered. Crucially, Rae was no English naval gentleman ... mission to seek out the Holy Grail ofArctic exploration. A Northwest Passage, giving ships access to the rich trade of the East withouta ...

Article: Sir John Franklin's last Arctic expedition: a ...
Arctic;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S LAST ... US$42.00. Sir John Franklin's final attempt to find a Northwest Passage through the Canadian ... in the search for a Northwest Passage, that followed Sir John Barrow's persistent ...

Article: Life and Death in a Harsh Land.(Sir John Franklin's ...
Canada and the World Backgrounder;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... had looked for a Northwest Passage to the Orient ... followed, with Sir John Franklin among the best known. Sir John was no newcomer ... to search out a Northwest Passage. Britain's ... of looking for Sir John Franklin, its ... They also found a Northwest ...

Article: Nature opens the Northwest Passage.
Alberta Report;  September 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... double crossing of the Northwest Passage by the original St ... which succeeded where Sir John Franklin had failed ... to shipping in the Northwest Passage, the climate change ... or expensive, the Northwest Passage would be the natural ...

Article: Nature opens up the Northwest Passage.
The Report Newsmagazine;  September 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... double crossing of the Northwest Passage by the original St ... which succeeded where Sir John Franklin had failed ... to shipping in the Northwest Passage, the climate change ... or expensive, the Northwest Passage would be the natural ...