The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, near the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada.

Northwest Passage Map. 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.

Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. It represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Archipelago of what became Canada.

These routes are shown on the map: 1: Davis Strait, Lancaster Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound, McClure Strait, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait. The shortest and deepest, but difficult, way owing to the severe ice of McClure Strait.

2018年2月22日 · 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 the U.S. state of Alaska in the west.

Interactive Mapping System provides visualization of Arctic Shipping Routes. Please, click the link under the box on the right hand side to access the map or view the map of the Northwest Passage. Source: Breaking the Ice: Arctic Development and Maritime Transportation.

2024年1月28日 · The Northwest Passage (NWP) is a sea passage located above the continent of North America that skirts between Canada and Greenland, through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, and around the northern coast of Alaska until it reaches the Bering sea (1).

On this interactive map, compare key points on both expeditions and follow their routes from beginning to end.— Lexi Krock. 1. May 19, 1845. Sir John Franklin and 128 men set sail from London in...

2016年10月20日 · These Maps Show the Epic Quest for a Northwest Passage. Once just a figment of the imagination, a navigable sea route through the Arctic is becoming reality due to climate change.

Maps of the Northwest Passage. Modern day northwest passage routes and routes by Roald Amundsen and the RCMPV St. Roch.