Amundsen saw the Northwest Passage open in 1904
This year it is closed
The tardy opening of the Northwest Passage, and the prospect of a late arrival in the Pacific, had persuaded them to spend the rest of the summer in Greenland and Newfoundland and possibly give the Northwest Passage another try next year.
h/t to Anto
There must have been a huge spike in CO2 that year over a century ago… only explanation possible for the Northwest Passage being open briefly. 🙂
Reblogged this on the WeatherAction Blog.
WHAT opening of the North West Passage? I thought it remained ice clogged all summer.
It also opened in the late 1800’s (I can’t find the reference for that just now)
There are a lot of books on the Northwest Passage. One by Ed Struzik, published in 1991, lists many passages. After 1954, there are passages nearly every year.
http://www.amazon.com/Northwest-Passage-Quest-Edward-Struzik/dp/0713722460/ref=la_B001K8RCES_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408112575&sr=1-3
“The tardy opening of the Northwest Passage, and the prospect of a late arrival in the Pacific, had persuaded them to spend the rest of the summer in Greenland and Newfoundland and possibly give the Northwest Passage another try next year.”
What “tardy opening”? Wordsmiths at work.
the north west blockage .
The polar bears put up the barriers.
This is good, but don’t miss the page on their site, entitled “VIDEO: Aventura trapped by ice in Arctic Bay”. The link is cornellsailing.com/2014/08/video-aventura-trapped-ice-arctic-bay/”
Another one for the files…
If they continue sailing they will meet the polar bears that put up the ice floe barriers. Dinner.
Ah well, there’s still Unicycle Man. http://unityfortheclimate.ca/about
Ah, you finally did a NW passage article this year,
Captain of the Grey Goose liked it.
http://northwestpassage2014.blogspot.com/2014/08/after-110-years-northwest-passage-is-no.html