Results tagged “Arctic Obsession”

After centuries of exploration, countless lives lost, the North West Passage is in the news again.

For the first time, this fabled trading route between the Pacific and the North Atlantic may be commercially viable. But the victory may be a hollow one - because it reveals the extent to which ice cover in the Arctic has retreated.

By Steven Davies

Adventure, failure and disaster in one of the most hostile environments on Earth will be the subjects tackled in a new exhibition set to open at the National Maritime Museum later this month. North-West Passage: An Arctic Obsession features more than 120 objects including maps, letters and native Inuit artefacts, aimed at bringing British exploration of the Arctic to life.