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- Identification of officer from Sir John franklin's Northwest Passage expedition https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X24003766 7 comments
- Who Owns the Northwest Passage? https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2019/05/22/who-owns-the-northwest-passage 5 comments
- ‘The world order could start to evolve from the Arctic’: Trump, thin ice and the fight for Greenland’s Northwest Passage https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/30/world-order-start-arctic-trump-thin-ice-greenland-northwest-passage?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 9 comments politics
- Melting Sea Ice Is Making the Northwest Passage More Dangerous, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/melting-sea-ice-northwest-passage-climate-change 2 comments science
- Ice is clogging the Northwest Passage, thwarting hopes for improved shipping as Arctic warms https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-ice-is-clogging-the-northwest-passage-thwarting-hopes-for-improved/ 62 comments nottheonion
- A new Arctic fiber project aims to link Asia and Europe via the Northwest Passage https://www.arctictoday.com/a-new-arctic-fiber-projects-aims-to-link-asia-and-europe-via-the-northwest-passage/ 4 comments europe
- New submarine cable to link Japan, Europe, through famed Northwest Passage https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/21/far_north_fiber_proposal/ 6 comments worldnews
- With the Northwest Passage opening up, what could happen with the Bering Straight? https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/g6btqy/with_the_northwest_passage_opening_up_what_could/ 18 comments geopolitics
- Mike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/mike-pompeo-canada-northwest-passage-illegitimate 70 comments geopolitics
- Mike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/mike-pompeo-canada-northwest-passage-illegitimate 25 comments politics
- Mike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate' | World news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/mike-pompeo-canada-northwest-passage-illegitimate 19 comments worldnews
- Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate' https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/pompeo-says-canadian-claim-to-northwest-passage-is-illegitimate-1.4410426 18 comments politics
- Canada’s claim to Northwest Passage is ‘illegitimate’: Mike Pompeo https://globalnews.ca/news/5246154/northwest-passage-canada-pompeo/ 64 comments worldnews
- Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate' https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/pompeo-says-canadian-claim-to-northwest-passage-is-illegitimate-1.4410426 175 comments worldnews
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Canada's claim to the Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate' https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/pompeo-says-canadian-claim-to-northwest-passage-is-illegitimate 24 comments worldnews
- Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate' https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/05/06/pompeo-says-canadian-claim-to-northwest-passage-is-illegitimate.html 20 comments politics
- Canada’s claim to Northwest Passage is ‘illegitimate’: Mike Pompeo https://globalnews.ca/news/5246154/northwest-passage-canada-pompeo/ 24 comments politics
- Scientists and students will be aboard a ship on a research expedition through the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic archipelago https://northwestpassageproject.org 3 comments science
- What will the warming of the arctic and the opening of the Northwest Passage spell for relations between Canada and Russia, and the rest of the world? https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/7os6h2/what_will_the_warming_of_the_arctic_and_the/ 31 comments geopolitics
- Britain announced Monday it will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who perished with his crew while trying to chart the Northwest Passage through the Arctic in the 1840s. https://www.apnews.com/927b56a032744128a8e7943da36a4c04/britain-to-give-canada-the-shipwrecks-of-explorer-franklin 9 comments worldnews
- China used research mission to test trade route through Canada’s Northwest Passage https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-used-research-mission-to-test-trade-route-through-canadas-northwest-passage/article36223673/ 5 comments worldnews
- China used research mission to test trade route through Canada’s Northwest Passage https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-used-research-mission-to-test-trade-route-through-canadas-northwest-passage/article36223673/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com& 13 comments worldnews
- Ship sets record for earliest crossing of Northwest Passage http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/29/northwest-passage-earliest-crossing-record/ 4 comments worldnews
- TIL of the relatively recently opened Northwest Passage and the tensions between Canada and the US regarding it's status. Any insight on it's geopolitical significance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/northwest_passage 16 comments geopolitics
- Largest cruise ship in Arctic history is sailing through the historic northwest passage ushering a new era of Arctic tourism. Until about a decade ago, only ships with ice breaking capabilities were able to navigate the route even in summer. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/massive-cruise-ship-ushers-new-era-of-arctic-tourism/article/473620 14 comments worldnews
- Largest cruise ship in Arctic history is sailing through the historic northwest passage ushering a new era of Arctic tourism. Until about a decade ago, only ships with ice breaking capabilities were able to navigate the route even in summer. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/massive-cruise-ship-ushers-new-era-of-arctic-tourism/article/473620 7 comments worldnews
- A Luxury Cruise Liner is About to be 1st of its Kind to Sail the Arctic’s Northwest Passage: It “is navigating in uncharted territory”. Just 10% of Canadian Arctic’s waters are adequately mapped. Warming in the Arctic has opened the way for this landmark trip. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/crystal-serenity-luxury-cruise-arctic-northwest-passage/ 6 comments worldnews
- How will the Northwest Passage influence global trade? http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/04/northwest-passage-influence-global-trade-160423173949765.html 5 comments russia
- China's Challenge to Canada Over Northwest Passage http://time.com/4302882/china-arctic-shipping-northwest-passage/ 42 comments worldnews
- A ship from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition that vanished searching the Northwest Passage in 1845 has been found http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-announces-one-of-franklin-s-lost-ships-has-been-found-1.2760311 5 comments history
- The Northwest Passage, which previously required an icebreaker ship to navigate in summer, is now being attempted in sea kayaks. http://www.rollingstone.com/greenland-melting 8 comments science
- Australian tycoon sails Northwest Passage — racks up thousands in alcohol and fireworks fines on the way http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/canada/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/02/australian-tycoon-facing-thousands-in-fines-after-sailing-booze-filled-yacht-through-northwest-passage 11 comments worldnews
- Sailboat Becomes 1st to Sail Through Northwest Passage, Becoming "Visual of Declining Polar Ice" - Warming global temperatures & melting polar ice caps have helped the international 3-man crew go where few have gone before http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-global-warming-northwest-passage-20120903,0,380298.story 15 comments worldnews
- Canada Considers Fate of Arctic Explorer's Ship - It may repatriate the Norwegian 3-mast ship, visible above the frigid waters. Roald Amundsen was the 1st European to sail through the Northwest Passage searching for a shorter shipping route from Europe to Asia & the 1st to reach the South Pole. http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-canada-fate-arctic-explorer-ship.html 4 comments worldnews
- Northwest Passage warming scare stories big on hype short on facts. http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2007/09/bad-reporting-about-northwest-passage.html 114 comments reddit.com
- Arctic ice thaw opens up northwest passage for first time in human history http://www.esa.int/esacp/semytc13j6f_index_0.html 4 comments science
- Canada military build-up challenges U.S. claim on Northwest Passage http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070709/canada-arctic-sovereignty/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Ice loss opens Northwest Passage - The most direct route through the Northwest Passage has opened up fully for the first time since records began, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6995999.stm 28 comments reddit.com
- A Finnish ship has set the record for the earliest crossing of the notorious Northwest Passage, the Arctic route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Icebreaker MSV Nordica was at sea for 24 days, travelling more than 6,214 miles to make the record. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/northwest-passage-record-arctic-nordica-canada-greenland-melting-ice-a7868116.html 9 comments worldnews
- Canada plans to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage - a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/story/1572559/ 2 comments reddit.com