Sea ice has melted and part of the Arctic's Northwest Passage has opened, images captured by NASA's Terra satellite show. An image taken on July 17 shows ice filled Parry Channel, part of the ...

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 ...

Get the inside scoop on Mark’s Northwest Passage voyage and see gorgeous photos in the August issue of National Geographic. Watch Explorer: Lost in the Arctic, premiering August 24 on National ...

The Northwest Passage has captured my imagination since ... I’ve been jarred back to images of the ultimate adventure gone wrong. More news today: the National Academies of Science has a new ...

A unique set of portraits from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition to Canada's Northwest Passage is to be auctioned for an estimated six-figure sum. The 14 pictures, known as daguerreotypes ...

400km from Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories to Kugluktuk in the Northwest Passage. “Over the years, I’ve slowly been filling in the wilderness, drawing lines on the map of ...

He knew that he had done what no other man had done: navigated the legendary Northwest Passage from west to east and back again. Last week Staff Sergeant Larsen piloted the weather-beaten 80-ton ...

Experienced kayakers, Simon Carrier and Maxime Geoffroy, have started their paddling journey of the Northwest Passage in Epic 18x Sea Kayaks, beginning in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada. The pair plans to ...

The pair attempted to be the first to have ever crossed the Northwest Passage, while self-propelled and in a single season. "As Adam and Matty documented their journey, they captured the raw ...

WHAT: A grueling, 83-day journey to complete the first human-powered crossing of the 1,600-mile Northwest Passage in a single season. That changed on Sunday afternoon, when a Texas-based team of ...