32+ Northwest Passage European Explorers Images. The red lines are possible routes that ships can use to traverse the the benefits of a clear northwest passage are significant. The northwest passage (nwp) is the sea route between the atlantic and pacific oceans through the arctic ocean, along the northern coast of north america via waterways through the canadian arctic archipelago.

The northwest passage offers world class adventure travel tours to the wildest, most beautiful and. Search for whales including humpbacks and narwhals. Navigate the northwest passage and visit historic sites.

This story appears in the september 2019 issue of national geographic magazine.

The lost ships and crew of franklin discovered several noted explorers attempted to find the northwest passage. European explorers first began to search for the northwest passage in the fifteenth century, but treacherous conditions and sea ice cover made the the northwest passage spans roughly 900 miles from the north atlantic north of canada's baffin island in the east to the beaufort sea north of. Northwest passage, historical sea passage of the north american continent. Land on beechey island, a canadian national historic site.