Three Searches for the Northwest Passage
This map shows three historical routes through the Arctic.
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blue
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traces the voyage of McClure in 1850-1854 |
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green
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traces the voyage of Amundsen in 1903-1906 |
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red
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traces the voyage of Larsen (on the RCMP vessel the St. Roch) in 1940-1942
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Key to locations on map
| # |
Land Feature |
# |
Water Feature |
| 1 |
Greenland (Kalaalit Nunaat) |
19 |
Davis Strait |
| 2 |
Baffin Island |
20 |
Baffin Bay |
| 3 |
Ellesmere Island |
21 |
Lancaster Sound |
| 4 |
Devon Island |
22 |
Parry Channel |
| 5 |
Bylot Island |
23 |
Viscount Melville Sound |
| 6 |
Cornwallis Island |
24 |
McClure Strait |
| 7 |
Somerset Island |
25 |
Amundsen Gulf |
| 8 |
Prince of Wales Island |
26 |
Dolphin and Union Strait |
| 9 |
Boothia Peninsula |
27 |
Coronation Gulf |
| 10 |
Melville Peninsula |
28 |
Dease Strait |
| 11 |
Bathurst Island |
29 |
Queen Maud Gulf |
| 12 |
Melville Island |
30 |
Victoria Strait |
| 13 |
King William Island (Qikiqtaq) |
31 |
McClintock Channel |
| 14 |
Prince Patrick Island |
32 |
Franklin Strait |
| 15 |
Banks Island |
33 |
Peel Sound |
| 16 |
Victoria Island |
34 |
Prince Regent Inlet |
| 17 |
Back River |
35 |
Gulf of Boothia |
| 18 |
Whale Fish Islands (Qeqertarsuaq) |
36 |
Beaufort Sea |
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37 |
James Ross Strait |
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