In terms of leisure travel, only small expeditions — like Quark Expeditions and Polar Cruises — have taken on the Northwest Passage. To try to plan for an emergency involving the Serenity or ...

In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

Sarah Leete captivated a crowd at the Seniors on the Bow with her alphabetical journey through the Northwest Passage to ...

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There’s also a good deal of environmental preaching. Mr. Synnott frets that the very success of this trip depends on man-made global warming to keep the Northwest Passage free from ice too thick for ...

Former UW president William Gerberding once referred to the Northwest as "this little civilized corner of the world," and I think he was right. The "spirit of place" (to borrow a phrase from D.

Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate the Northwest Passage—the icy arctic waterway that connects ...