The Northwest Passage was the goal of Arctic explorers from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Efforts to discover a trade route through or around North America began in the 1490s with the voyages of ...

The four-century search for a northwest ... Sebastian Cabot initiated its search in 1553. Henry Hudson twice attempted a passage but it was not until 1879 that the route was navigated.

(Royal Museums Greenwich) The search for a Northwest Passage fundamentally shaped the history of Newfoundland, where John Cabot landed in 1497 while seeking a northwestern sea route to Asia.

Venetian Explorer John Cabot, in search of a short trade route ... Gjoa through the ice-choked waterway in 1906 that the Northwest Passage was finally discovered. Since then, only six vessels ...

this northern route could break Spain’s colonial-era stronghold on world trade. “Into the Ice: The Northwest Passage, the Polar Sun and A 175-year-old Mystery” was written by Mark Synnott.

While previous analyses have explored whether the Northwest Passage might become a more viable alternative to traditional shipping routes as the climate warms, the study authors expressed fear ...

A Western Washington man who was trying to become the first person to paddleboard across the Northwest Passage has suspended ... but normally frozen, sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific ...