The Northwest Passage: Atlantic to Pacific: A Portrait and Guide

by Tony Soper

The Northwest Passage is an ice-choked waterway with spectacular landscapes and a powerful history of naval endeavour. It is also an unfolding opportunity for adventurous travel. The five-century dream of a trade route to Asia by way of a short-cut through the Arctic archipelago is, this book shows, finally a reality. Over the last decade global warming has opened this fabled passage in late summer for freight and for bold tourists. This is the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841624381
• ISBN13: 9781841624389
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.4"