The Northwest Passage - The Quick Northern Sea Route That Never Was

A sea-route that would connect Europe to the riches of Asia. Its there somewhere, over the north of the continent of America. So was the thought in the minds of thousands of merchants, explorers and kings in an obsession that would grip the sea-faring nations of Europe for four centuries. If only they knew the truth of the Arctic Archipelago of Northern Canada. A barren, frozen complex of land and sea about as hostile an environment as any to be found on Earth. A crusher of ships, and the grave of those arrogant enough to believe it was theirs to conquer. This is infamous geography. This is the Northwest Passage. 🕐TIMESTAMPS🕖 👉0:00 Introduction, Titles 👉1:42 The Problem - Getting from Europe to Asia 👉4:03 The Geography of the Canadian Arctic 👉6:42 The Islands and Sea Routes of the Arctic Archipelago 👉8:55 The Inuit 👉10:17 Early Expeditions via the Atlantic 👉14:21 Expeditions from the Pacific 👉15:48 Renewed Efforts of the 1800s 👉16:55 The Doomed Franklin Expedition 👉20:40 Maclure Discovers the Passage 👉21:51 Amundsen Traverses the Passage 👉23:47 Modern History, Panama Canal, Climate Change 👉26:27 Outro 📷📹🎥 VIDEO & PHOTO CREDITS ❤️❤️❤️ A SPECIAL THANK YOU to BERT JENKINS for his kind permission and assistance in using photos of his expedition to the NW Passage. His full Flickr album of photos on this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bert_jenkins/albums/72157662258518916 Thanks to the following contributors via the Creative Commons: Gjoa today - Bjoertvedt - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28655622 CCGS Labrador - Bouchard - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8173074 Pack Ice Diagram - Lusilier - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22893504 Cabot bust - Istituto Veneto di Scienze - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38573481 Map of Inuit Dialects - Noahedits - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Inuit_languages_and_dialects.svg/2560px-Inuit_languages_and_dialects.svg.png Silk Road - Kelvin Case - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10536100 Vinland Settlement - Dylan Kereluk - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=351717 Buckling sea ice - Matti&Keti - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: North_Pole,_Arctic_Ocean,_sea_ice_03.jpg North magnetic pole - Cavit, Newitt et al. - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46888403 Title Music: Modern Classic by Cyril Nikitin - /watch/E_tR0kFgPgLgR Please support the development of this channel by remembering to 👍 Like, 🔁 Share and 🔴 Subscribe. You can also support the production of series like this by becoming a monthly sponsor with Patreon for as little as $2/month 👉 https://patreon.com/geodiode 🥰 Narrated, Written and Produced by B.J.Ranson You can contact me via the website at 👉 https://geodiode.com/contact Or you can send an email via this Youtube Channel page 👉 /c/geodiode1/about

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