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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 is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 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 …

Red Anchorage data: "Yacht Routing Guide to the North West Passage" Victor Wejer, Toronto, Canada, Jan. 2016. Green Anchorage data: "Arctic and Northern Waters" by Andrew Wilkes (IMRAY, Revised 2016).

Northwest Passage Interactive Route Map. Click a NW Passage Route to see the history of transits for that route. View the complete historical information in a table. ... Red Anchorage data: "Yacht Routing Guide to the North West Passage" Victor Wejer, Toronto, Canada, Jan. 2014.

Jan 08, 2016 · Wigate’s map was part of that campaign, which left Middleton’s career and reputation in tatters, despite his findings being vindicated in 1747 during, coincidentally, a failed Dobbs-funded expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. *with files from Isabelle Charron, early cartographic archivist, Library and Archives Canada.

Oct 20, 2016 · The map below, published in Russia in 1784, was the first to show details gleaned from a large and highly organized survey of the Arctic coast of Siberia. It depicts a possible Northwest Passage ...

These Maps Show the Epic Quest for a Northwest Passage. It had to be there: an ocean at the top of the world. The ancient Greeks drew it on their maps, and for centuries, the rest of Europe did too. Beginning in the 1500s, countless men died trying to find it, hoping for a maritime shortcut across the Arctic that would open up new trade routes ...