Northwest Passage's northern route open again
Randy Boswell, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, September 04, 2008
The northerly route of the Northwest Passage has been declared navigable by the Canadian Ice Service.
It's just the second time in history -- and the second year in a row -- that the Parry Channel has opened enough to let regular ships safely through.
The Ottawa-based ice service announced last month that the southerly passage closer to the Canadian mainland was safe for trans-Arctic shipping. But the re-opening of the northern route -- a direct path between Lancaster Sound in the east and McClure Strait in the west -- is an even more significant sign that Canada's polar region is undergoing a historic transformation and could soon boast a reliable, Atlantic-to-Pacific summer shipping lane.
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