The Search for a Northwest Passage
Overview
Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) explored northern North America with hopes of finding gold and precious metals, and possibly a cross-continental passage connect...
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The Northwest Passage, Sought by Europeans for 400 Years, Is Found and Traversed by Ship by Roald Amundsen
Overview
Europeans searched for 400 years for a passage through North America that would take...
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Canada's prime minister is expected to assert his nation's claim to the fabled Northwest Passage through the warming, resource-rich Arctic at talks with President Bush starting Monday.Canada claime...
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Montreal (dpa) - As Arctic temperatures rise, a long-simmering
dispute between Canada and the United States over who controls the
famed icy Northwest Passage is boiling up a...
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Canada's prime minister began a three-day trip to the Arctic on Wednesday in an effort to assert sovereignty over the region a week after Russia symbolically staked a claim to the North Pole by sen...
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Security issues highlighted the North American summit Monday where President Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada are crafting a plan to secure their borders in case of a terrorist strike or o...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
THE COLD RUSH (Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles)
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but he doesn't own the
North Pole. It belongs to th...
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Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage _ a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is inte...
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Canada's prime minister announced plans Friday for an army training center and a deepwater port on the third day of an Arctic trip meant to assert sovereignty over a region, while Denmark said it w...
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The Search for a Northwest Passage
Canada's leader to assert Arctic claim
