The Northwest Passage is a sea passage along the north coast of North America, through the Arctic Ocean. Because of ice, the passage is usually closed to ships. The Spanish Empire wanted to reach Asia by a western route, because Portugal controlled the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. Spain wanted to have a route that it could ...

Northwest Passage foi concebido como uma história em duas metades, de acordo com o romance homônimo de Kenneth Roberts, publicado em dois volumes em 1937.Entretanto, a segunda parte jamais foi produzida, porque Spencer Tracy recusou-se a trabalhar com o diretor King Vidor novamente. [1] Outra explicação seria que, ao voltar de doze semanas de filmagens …

Northwest Passage. (1940 movie) Northwest Passage is a 1940 American western adventure movie directed by King Vidor and was based on the 1937 novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts. It stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Louis Hector, Isabel Jewell, Addison Richards and was distributed by Metro ...

Nordvästpassagen är en farled norr om amerikanska kontinenten mellan Atlanten och Stilla Havet genom Norra ishavets packis och Kanadas arktiska skärgård.. Kung Henrik VII gav 1496 den italienske upptäcktsresanden John Cabot uppdraget att hitta en kortare farled för att segla mellan Europa och orienten för att slippa vägen runt Afrika. [1] Cabot antog att det fanns en kortare …

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The Northwest Passage was an area of space within the galaxy's Delta Quadrant, and a region located in territory controlled by the Borg Collective in the 24th century. It was named so by Lieutenant Commander Chakotay of the wayward Federation starship USS Voyager in the 2370s decade. (VOY episode: "Scorpion") Voyager had been stranded by a Nacene Caretaker 70.000 …

The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. [1] [2] The various islands of the archipelago are separated from one another and the Canadian mainland by a series of Arctic waterways collectively known as the Northwest …

The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean permitting passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The discovery of the Passage was highly sought after by Europeans due to the economic benefits that would result from increased trade with China and India. In 1845, the British Empire launched the Franklin expedition to fully chart the remaining unexplored …