The Northwest Passage represents the latest frontier in extreme sailing for ocean racing boats like this one.
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The Northwest Passage represents the latest frontier in extreme sailing for ocean racing boats like this one.
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This is the route proposed by Sailing the Arctic Race organizer Robert Molnar.
Will sailors race the Arctic in 2017? —
This is the route proposed by Sailing the Arctic Race organizer Robert Molnar.
Sailing the Arctic Race
The route would see ocean racers start in New York before tracking north to Greenland, across the Northwest Passage, around Alaska and down to Victoria.
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The route would see ocean racers start in New York before tracking north to Greenland, across the Northwest Passage, around Alaska and down to Victoria.
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The Northwest Passage has been in the news as Canadian authorities announced the discovery of a wreck from Sir John Franklin's Arctic voyage of 1845. This iron fitting is believed to come from one of two British ships which disappeared in the Arctic under Franklin's command.
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The Northwest Passage has been in the news as Canadian authorities announced the discovery of a wreck from Sir John Franklin's Arctic voyage of 1845. This iron fitting is believed to come from one of two British ships which disappeared in the Arctic under Franklin's command.
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This painting, by W Turner Smith, illustrates the hardships facing the 129 crew members who took part in Franklin's doomed expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage.
Will sailors race the Arctic in 2017? —
This painting, by W Turner Smith, illustrates the hardships facing the 129 crew members who took part in Franklin's doomed expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage.
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