Henry Hudson's ship 'The Discovery' became trapped in arctic ice as he searched for the Northwest Passage. (Digitally composited scene from Canada: A People's History) The remains of the loyal ...

According to records kept shipmate George Best, Frosbisher thought he had found the fabled Northwest Passage. (As portrayed by : Ian Deakin in Canada: A People's History) He dreamt of finding the ...

Dead Reckoning is an outstanding 21st-century Canadian history that refutes myths ... century developments in the discovery of the Northwest Passage was not the bumbling Franklin expedition ...

The only written record ever found of the disastrous Franklin Northwest Passage expedition of 1845-1848 was discovered in 1859. It was found in a stone cairn erected on the western shore of King ...

Ships on frontier-pushing missions through this Northwest Passage were crushed by moving ice or stranded for years at a time, subject to the perils of illness, scurvy, even cannibalism.

Lindblad Expeditions recently announced a 69-day Arctic cruise itinerary through the Northwest Passage from Iceland to ...