All articles tagged with #northwest passage
Trump’s Greenland gambit has jolted Canada into confronting Arctic vulnerabilities, accelerating Ottawa’s plan to build dual‑use infrastructure—potential Grays Bay Port and a Qikiqtaaluk deep‑water port—and defend Northwest Passage sovereignty as Arctic shipping and great‑power competition intensify, with experts debating fixed ports versus mobile Arctic bases.
A journalist recounts her awe-inspiring experience aboard a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker in the Arctic, observing polar bears and pristine ice, and reflects on the environmental changes threatening this fragile region.
A set of daguerreotype photographs depicting Sir John Franklin and his senior officers, taken just three days before their ill-fated Arctic expedition in 1845, is going up for auction at Sotheby's in London. The photographs, commissioned by Franklin's wife, were assumed to be lost until now and are expected to fetch up to £200,000 ($253,000). The expedition's disappearance and subsequent search efforts have captivated the public, with the fate of the crew remaining largely unknown until the discovery of the ships in 2014 and 2016. The photographs provide a poignant glimpse into the historic moment before the expedition's tragic demise.