northwest passage

An obsession for hundreds of years, the search for the fabled Northwest Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific is a tale of ambition, fear, folktales, courage, and controversy. This engaging title reveals the motivations of the many countries and explorers who played a part in the almost 500-year search for a commercial sea route to India across the arctic. Primary and secondary source materials, such as oral histories of the Indigenous people and recorded accounts, are examined, as well as fictional accounts from popular culture of the many failed expeditions. Readers will gain an understanding of how important this quest was, as well as how it remains relevant today.

Chronicles the search for the Northwest Passage--a route to Asia through the Arctic Ocean--describing the efforts of such men as John Franklin, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, and Roald Amundsen.

Explores the journey of Sprague Theobald and his family through the Northwest Passage and all the trials they faced, such as extreme cold and polar bears.