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.

🕐TIMESTAMPS🕖
👉0:00 Introduction, Titles
👉1:42 The Problem - Getting from Europe to Asia
👉4:03 The Geography of the Canadian Arctic
👉6:42 The Islands and Sea Routes of the Arctic Archipelago
👉8:55 The Inuit
👉10:17 Early Expeditions via the Atlantic
👉14:21 Expeditions from the Pacific
👉15:48 Renewed Efforts of the 1800s
👉16:55 The Doomed Franklin Expedition
👉20:40 Maclure Discovers the Passage
👉21:51 Amundsen Traverses the Passage
👉23:47 Modern History, Panama Canal, Climate Change
👉26:27 Outro

📷📹🎥 VIDEO & PHOTO CREDITS ❤️❤️❤️

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: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bert_je...

Thanks to the following contributors via the Creative Commons:
Gjoa today - Bjoertvedt - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
CCGS Labrador - Bouchard - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Pack Ice Diagram - Lusilier - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Cabot bust - Istituto Veneto di Scienze - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Map of Inuit Dialects - Noahedits - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
Silk Road - Kelvin Case - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Vinland Settlement - Dylan Kereluk - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Buckling sea ice - Matti&Keti - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
North magnetic pole - Cavit, Newitt et al. - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Title Music: Modern Classic by Cyril Nikitin -    • Modern Classic  

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