The Northwest Passage Discussed

The centuries long search for the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific was of course fruitless. It was also, as is less often noted, essentially a search for a fast route to China. Nowadays, courtesy of global warming, it does exist occasionally and will continue to it seems.

The search for the Northwest Passage is an integral part of the race to open the China trade. BBC Radio 4′s Excess Baggage discussed the history of the quest for the NW Passage with Glyn Williams of the University of London who’s got a new book out on the subject – Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. You can listen it to by clicking here.

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