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S.F. welcomed 1st Northwest Passage sailor but mistreated sloop ...  May 8, 2015 ... S.F. welcomed 1st Northwest Passage sailor but mistreated sloop ... with a bronze plate depicting the great Norwegian explorer Roald ... Dozens of yachts, gasoline boats and rowboats circled about the ... became the first man to sail through the Northwest Passage, the ... The Gjoa reached Nome in 1906.
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Section Seven: Engravings from Arctic Expeditions | Osher Map ...  In 1906 Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first to navigate the ... and a 45-ton herring boat, the Gja, to deftly navigate the narrow channels of the passage. ... such as the use of dogs to haul sleds (the English were still using sailors to pull ... as they searched for the Northwest Passage or journeyed to the North Pole.
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The 1957 Northwest Passage: A History - U.S. Coast Guard  the Northwest Passage in company with CGC. Storis (WAG 38) and CGC ... In the century since the Norwegian explorer ... navigation, the three Coast Guard vessels achieved several ... shallow-draft, 65-foot auxiliary herring sloop ... sen Gulf, Gja in 1906 became the first ship ..... Spar  had rented a boat with a fisherman.
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Northwest Passage - Wikipedia  The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ... In 1906, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen first successfully ... On August 21, 2007, the Northwest Passage became open to ships without the .... along with seven sick, infirm, or loyal crewmen, adrift in a small open boat.
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Northwest Passage | trade route, North America | Britannica.com  Nov 18, 2015 ... Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. .... Amundsen and his crew had set sail in 1903 in the converted 47-ton herring boat Gja. ... may diminish the use of the Northwest Passage as a trade route. ... In 1906 the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first...
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Henry Hudson, English Explorer and Sea Captain - Tripod  Hudson never found such a sea passage, but he sailed farther north than any ... In 1607, the Muscovy Company, an English trading firm, hired Hudson to find a ... He sailed northeast along the coast of Greenland and reached Spitsbergen. ... 700 miles from the North Pole, and no explorer had sailed so far north before.
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Amundsen reaches South Pole - Dec 14, 1911 - HISTORY.com  Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, ... Amundsen, born in Borge, near Oslo, in 1872, was one of the great figures in ... In early 1911, Amundsen sailed his ship into Antarctica's Bay of Whales and set ... He later made attempts to become the first explorer to fly over the North Pole.
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Northwest Passage | trade route, North America | Britannica.com  Nov 18, 2015 ... The route is located 500 miles (800 km) north of the Arctic Circle ... However, the Northwest Passage was not finally conquered by sea until 1905, when the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen successfully navigated the treacherous ... three-year voyage in 1906, when they arrived in Nome, Alaska, after...
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Alaska Regional Profiles, Northwest Region - The People  Gambell, Savoonga, and Northeast Cape on St. Lawrence Island and the Punuk Islands ... and coursed into the Arctic Ocean through the strait that now bears his name. ... credited as the "discovery" of Alaska, although Bering's 1728 voyages were ... Whaling is still an important part of the Eskimo life in the Northwest Region.
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S.F. welcomed 1st Northwest Passage sailor but mistreated sloop ...  May 8, 2015 ... The Norwegian explorer's ship, the Gjoa, was beached in S.F. for more than 60 years. ... Men sail home at the end of a day of construction work on the original Bay ... The Gjoa reached Nome in 1906. ... frames, experiencing the voyage through the Northwest Passage on an LSD trip. ... Load more in Section.
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Northwest Passage - Wikipedia  The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ..... Frobisher Bay, which he first charted, is named after him. ... coast were also explored in case they could lead to a transcontinental passage. .... but Gore convinced Cook to sail on into the Cook Inlet in the hope of finding the route.
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Right of Passage  thewalrus.ca  Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage ... England, Thomas James set off in search of the Northwest Passage, armed with maps, instructions, and...
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Roald Amundsen - Wikipedia  Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the ... Nansen's crossing of Greenland in 1888 and Franklin's lost expedition. .... Amundsen planned to freeze the Maud into the polar ice cap and drift ... Norwegian Navy, tried to fly from Wainwright, Alaska, to Spitsbergen across...
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The first Fram Expedition is known today as such a resounding ...  But Karluk was nipped near Flaxman Island off Alaska, was carried off ... Ivan Papanin was selected to head the first North Pole Drift station, NP-1, established in...
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Roald Amundsen - Wikipedia  Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 191012 which was the first to reach the .... Amundsen next planned to take an expedition to the North Pole and explore the Arctic Basin. ... Scott was planning his own expedition to the South Pole that year.
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Northwest Passage - Wikipedia  The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ... For centuries explorers sought a navigable passage as a possible trade ... When it became apparent that there was no route through the heart of the ... Roald Amundsen first successfully completed a passage from Greenland to...
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Henry Hudson - Exploration - HISTORY.com  English explorer Henry Hudson was determined to find the Northwest Passage ... Henry Hudson made his first voyage west from England in 1607, when he was hired ... The following year, Hudson made a second Muscovy-funded voyage between ... They traveled up the river about 150 miles, to what is now Albany, before...
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Peary and the North Pole 100 Years Ago Today  National ...  Apr 6, 2009 ... Peary had made a number of attempts to reach the pole prior to his 1908-1909 expedition. ... the ship used by Robert Peary on his 1908-1909 expedition. ... was about African-American Matthew A. Henson, who accompanied Peary on ... when he and his team believed they were the first to reach the North...
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Henry Hudson's Fourth Voyage, 1610: The Northwest Passage  Jan 20, 2007 ... Was Hudson really on a voyage to look for the Northwest Passage, or was he ... His ship this time was the Discovery, formerly sailed by Captain Weymouth. .... a young man named Henrie Greene, borne in Kent, of worshipfull parents, but .... He made four voyages up and down the coast in the shallow bay,...
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Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition - Wikipedia  The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer .... but by 1907 such hopes had faded. Late in September of that year, Amundsen was summoned to Nansen's home and told he could have the ship.
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Henry Hudson's First Voyage, 1607: The North Passage  Jan 20, 2007 ... Henry Hudson's four voyages, 1607-1611 on his ships Hopewell, Half ... sailed the Hopewell in search of the Northwest Passage along the coast ... 13: After six weeks of sailing, they sighted the east coast of Greenland (now...