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Northwest Passage


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The sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America. Long sought by explorers it was first traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903–06).

Subjects: Maritime History.

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Northwest Passage
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Northwest Passage
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Northwest Passage
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North-West Passage
in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea

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