The Northwest Passage - The Quick Northern Sea Route That Never Was
A sea-route that would connect Europe to the riches of Asia. Its there somewhere, over the north of the continent of America. So was the thought in the minds of thousands of merchants, explorers and kings in an obsession that would grip the sea-faring nations of Europe for four centuries. If only they knew the truth of the Arctic Archipelago of Northern Canada. A barren, frozen complex of land and sea about as hostile an environment as any to be found on Earth. A crusher of ships, and the grave of those arrogant enough to believe it was theirs to conquer. This is infamous geography. This is the Northwest Passage.
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π0:00 Introduction, Titles
π1:42 The Problem - Getting from Europe to Asia
π4:03 The Geography of the Canadian Arctic
π6:42 The Islands and Sea Routes of the Arctic Archipelago
π8:55 The Inuit
π10:17 Early Expeditions via the Atlantic
π14:21 Expeditions from the Pacific
π15:48 Renewed Efforts of the 1800s
π16:55 The Doomed Franklin Expedition
π20:40 Maclure Discovers the Passage
π21:51 Amundsen Traverses the Passage
π23:47 Modern History, Panama Canal, Climate Change
π26:27 Outro
π·πΉπ₯ VIDEO & PHOTO CREDITS β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
A SPECIAL THANK YOU to BERT JENKINS for his kind permission and assistance in using photos of his expedition to the NW Passage. His full Flickr album of photos on this:
Thanks to the following contributors via the Creative Commons:
Gjoa today - Bjoertvedt -
CCGS Labrador - Bouchard -
Pack Ice Diagram - Lusilier -
Cabot bust - Istituto Veneto di Scienze -
Map of Inuit Dialects - Noahedits -
Silk Road - Kelvin Case -
Vinland Settlement - Dylan Kereluk -
Buckling sea ice - Matti&Keti - :North_Pole,_Arctic_Ocean,
North magnetic pole - Cavit, Newitt et al. -
Title Music: Modern Classic by Cyril Nikitin -
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