A ship that played a role in last year's discovery of a sunken vessel from the ill-fated Franklin expedition will carry a Vancouver Maritime Museum exhibit through the Northwest Passage next month.

Two expedition cruise lines have scrapped plans to cruise across Arctic Canada through the famed Northwest Passage because ice has clogged the route. Ponant has changed the itineraries for Le Boreal ...

There was a time when the Northwest Passage was a sort of maritime Holy Grail, a route so desired and sought after, but so elusive. For most of the recorded history of North America, the Passage has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Canadian Coast Guard ship navigates Arctic sea ice. Courtesy of Scottish Association for Marine Science By melting Arctic sea ...

In recent years, in the wake of scientific reports of rapid melting in the Arctic, some have taken to declaring that the fabled Northwest Passage, sought for centuries by mariners and merchants, will ...