an Arctic sea route north of the Canadian mainland. Could it herald an era of more cargo shipping around the top of the world? Back in the 19th Century there was a race to map and navigate the ...
Though it had little scientific significance, the stunt infuriated other Arctic nations and kicked the international rush to map out claims ... in the Beaufort Sea, a windswept expanse stretching ...
A political map of the Arctic with the minimum areas of permanent sea ice (as of 2012) demarcated. The last ice area covers an area roughly spanning northern coasts of Canada and Greenland.