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Northwest Passage

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The Northwest Passage is a sea path.

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Northwest passage.jpg
It is in the cold Arctic. It sits near Canada. Many ships want to sail here. The ice makes it hard. Can you imagine sailing in the ice?
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2007 Arctic Sea Ice.jpg

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2007 Envisat mosaic of Arctic Ocean ESA210015.jpg
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Map indicating Lancaster Sound, Nunavut,...
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Map indicating Prince of Wales Strait,...
File:Chart of the World showing New Route through Canada between England, China, Japan, Australasia and the East. By J. Johnston. Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, 1886 CTASC.jpg
Chart of the World showing New Route...
File:Map of the Arctic region showing the Northeast Passage, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, and bathymetry.png
Map of the Arctic region showing the...
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Straße von Anian.png
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John White – The skirmish at Bloody...
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Voyage à la baye de Hudson, fait en 1746...
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North america 1765globe.jpg
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Caspar David Friedrich - Das Eismeer -...
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