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.

🕐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_jenkins/albums/72157662258518916

Thanks to the following contributors via the Creative Commons:
Gjoa today - Bjoertvedt - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28655622
CCGS Labrador - Bouchard - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8173074
Pack Ice Diagram - Lusilier - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22893504
Cabot bust - Istituto Veneto di Scienze - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38573481
Map of Inuit Dialects - Noahedits - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Inuit_languages_and_dialects.svg/2560px-Inuit_languages_and_dialects.svg.png
Silk Road - Kelvin Case - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10536100
Vinland Settlement - Dylan Kereluk - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=351717
Buckling sea ice - Matti&Keti - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Pole,_Arctic_Ocean,_sea_ice_03.jpg
North magnetic pole - Cavit, Newitt et al. - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46888403

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