Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction 1
Opening the passage - a historical timeline 5 The Passage today 43 Pond Inlet to Bellot Strait 48 Bellot Strait to Cambridge Bay 76 Cambridge Bay to Holman 93 Holman to Herschel 105 Herschel to Nome 130 Transits of the Northwest Passage to 2011 141 Selected references 150 Ice information 150 Expedition operators 151 Acknowledgements 151 Photographic acknowledgements 152 Index 153

Introduction 1
Opening the passage - a historical timeline 5 The Passage today 43 Pond Inlet to Bellot Strait 48 Bellot Strait to Cambridge Bay 76 Cambridge Bay to Holman 93 Holman to Herschel 105 Herschel to Nome 130 Transits of the Northwest Passage to 2011 141 Selected references 150 Ice information 150 Expedition operators 151 Acknowledgements 151 Photographic acknowledgements 152 Index 153

About the Author

Tony Soper is best known as a naturalist who has presented many programmes for the BBC Natural History Unit.

Reviews

'Compact, crucial reading for anyone considering tackling the legendary Arctic route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Chocca with colourful information, it's as enjoyable for its epic history as much as the helpful details of sights you can expect from your expedition ship bridge.'
Food & Travel magazine

'This is surely the perfect guide for anyone wanting to venture through [the Northwest Passage], detailing the history, geography and animal and bird life of the region, and written by a man used to travelling on ice-breakers.'
Good Book Guide

'This pocketbook is for people wanting to voyage through the NW passage on commercial ships.' Yachting Monthly