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The Northwest Passage.
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Uploaded: 09/29/07 7:57 PM GMT
The Northwest Passage.
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The Northwest Passage connects Europe to Asia via shorter routes than the long voyage south around Africa. Since 1497, explorers such as John Cabot, Francis Drake and Captain James Cook have looked for this hypothetical route but all met with failure. The combined efforts of a number of explorers eventually uncovered a winding path from the Atlantic to the Arctic and Pacific Oceans through the ice-bound islands of northern Canada. Even in modern times, navigating from the Atlantic to the Pacific through Canada’s Arctic islands has been difficult. The summer of 2007, however, melted enough sea ice in Canada’s far north to open up this long-sought passage.
Credit: NASA/MODIS.
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::richwn
09/29/07 10:54 PM GMT
I love that you've sprinkled your description with the word "Canada" so many times. I think its funny that everyone else thinks they own it now that the ice is melting! Beautiful image. Thanks for sharing with us!
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Definitely "global warming". The question I have is, when did it start? Was it 10000 years ago or since the industrial revolution? A few million years ago this land that is covered in ice for 7 months of the year was a tropical area. Was there global warming then? Thanks Phil, I have been waiting for this one to surface;-)
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Darryl
yep, the Arctic was indeed a tropical rainforest at some point in its past. odd that tree huggers often forget to mention that :-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
