Northwest Passage

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historical trade route sea route shipping route

The Northwest Passage is a historically significant sea route through the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and long sought by explorers as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northwest Passage system	2
Canadian High Arctic waterways	1
Northwest Passage expeditions	1
Northwest Passage region	1
Northwest Passage route system	1
Northwest Passage voyages	1
The North-West Passage	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical trade route ⓘ sea route ⓘ shipping route ⓘ
affectedBy	Arctic sea ice melt ⓘ climate change ⓘ
CanadaClaimsAs	internal waters ⓘ
competesWith	Panama Canal ⓘ
connects	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
economicInterest	access to Arctic resources ⓘ shorter Asia–Europe shipping ⓘ
environmentalConcern	impact on Arctic ecosystems ⓘ risk of oil spills ⓘ
exploredBy	Alexander Mackenzie ⓘ George Vancouver ⓘ Henry Hudson ⓘ James Cook ⓘ John Cabot ⓘ John Davis ⓘ John Franklin ⓘ Martin Frobisher ⓘ Roald Amundsen ⓘ Robert McClure ⓘ Robert E. Peary ⓘ surface form: Robert Peary Samuel Hearne ⓘ Vitus Bering ⓘ William Baffin ⓘ
firstRecordedTransitByShip	1906 ⓘ Roald Amundsen ⓘ
hasAlternativeRoute	Northeast Passage ⓘ surface form: Northern Sea Route
hasEndPoint	Bering Strait ⓘ Chukchi Sea ⓘ
hasLegalStatusClaimedBy	Canada ⓘ
hasNotableExpedition	Amundsen Gjøa expedition ⓘ Franklin expedition ⓘ Franklin expedition ⓘ surface form: McClure expedition
hasNotableHazard	extreme weather ⓘ icebergs ⓘ poor visibility ⓘ sea ice ⓘ shallow waters ⓘ uncharted shoals ⓘ
hasStartPoint	Baffin Bay ⓘ Davis Strait ⓘ
historicalEraOfIntenseSearch	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery
historicallySoughtAs	shorter route between Europe and Asia ⓘ
historicallySoughtBy	European explorers ⓘ
legalStatusDisputeWith	European Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
navigabilityDependsOn	sea ice conditions ⓘ
notableShipType	ice-strengthened cargo ship ⓘ icebreaker ⓘ
partOf	Northeast Passage ⓘ surface form: Northern Sea Routes
primaryPurpose	maritime trade ⓘ shortening Europe–Asia shipping distance ⓘ
seasonalUse	mainly summer ⓘ
traverses	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: Arctic Canada Arctic Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
UnitedStatesViewsAs	international strait ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Franklin expedition → areaExplored → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Luke Foxe → areaOfExploration → Northwest Passage ⓘ

William Gibbons → areaOfExploration → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Passage region

Northeast Passage → closelyRelatedTo → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Arctic Ocean → containsShippingRoute → Northwest Passage ⓘ

King Vidor → directed → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Robert McClure → explored → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Thomas Button → hasActivity → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Passage expeditions

Memphis Zoo → hasExhibit → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Arctic Archipelago → hasWaterway → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Baffin Bay → isPartOf → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Passage system

Davis Strait → isPartOf → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Passage system

Nansen Sound → isPartOf → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian High Arctic waterways

William Gibbons → knownFor → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Passage voyages

John Everett Millais → notable work → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: The North-West Passage

King Vidor → notableWork → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Hudson Strait → partOf → Northwest Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Passage route system

Lancaster Sound → partOf → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Amundsen Gjøa expedition → route → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Henry Hudson → searchedFor → Northwest Passage ⓘ

Thomas James → sought → Northwest Passage ⓘ

William Baffin → soughtPassage → Northwest Passage ⓘ