CO OZNACZA SŁOWO NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Przejście północno-zachodnie
Przejście Północno-Zachodnie jest drogą morską przez Ocean Arktyczny, wzdłuż północnego wybrzeża Ameryki Północnej, drogami wodnymi w kanadyjskim kanale arktycznym, łączących Atlantyk i Ocean Spokojny. Poszczególne wyspy archipelagu są oddzielone od siebie nawzajem i kontynentem kanadyjskim przez szereg dróg wodnych Arktyki wspólnie znany jako Przejścia Północno-Zachodnie lub Przejścia Północno-Zachodnie. Parlament w Ottawie zmienił nazwę na "Canadian Northwest Passage" w ruchu M-387 jednogłośnie 2 grudnia 2009 roku. Poszukiwani przez stulecia jako potencjalny szlak handlowy po raz pierwszy poruszali Roald Amundsen w latach 1903-1906. Do roku 2009 lodowiec Arktyki lód przez cały rok uniemożliwiał regularną żeglugę morską, ale zmiany klimatyczne zmniejszyły lód opakowania, a ten skurcz arktyczny sprawił, że drogi wodne były bardziej żeglugowe. Jednakże zaskarżone żądania suwerenności nad wodami mogą komplikować przyszłą żeglugę w regionie: rząd kanadyjski ...
Definicja słowa Northwest Passage w słowniku
Definicja Przejścia Północno-Zachodniego w słowniku jest przejściem od Atlantyku do Pacyfiku wzdłuż N wybrzeża Ameryki: od ponad 300 lat próbowali Europejczycy szukający krótkiej drogi na Daleki Wschód, zanim pomyślnie przejdą nawigację Amundsena.
CYTATY ZE SŁOWEM «NORTHWEST PASSAGE»
Słynne cytaty i zdania ze słowem
Northwest Passage.
Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.
KSIĄŻKI POWIĄZANE ZE SŁOWEM «NORTHWEST PASSAGE»
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Northwest Passage w następujących pozycjach bibliograficznych Książki powiązane ze słowem
Northwest Passage oraz krótkie ich fragmenty w celu przedstawienia kontekstu użycia w literaturze.
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration Award-winning artist Matt James takes the iconic song "Northwest Passage" by legendary Canadian songwriter and singer Stan Rogers and tells the dramatic story of ...
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Politics of the
Northwest Passage
Series of articles which summarize issues involved in Canada's claim to sovereignty over the Northwest Passage arranged in four parts: the setting; international arctic politics; Canadian arctic politics; conclusions.
Robert Glenn Ketchum - widely renowned for his breathtaking color photographs of the natural world - here presents us with views of the little-known Arctic landscape, images made during the course of an extraordinary adventure in 1994: the ...
Robert Glenn Ketchum,
1996
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Henry Hudson: Seeking the
Northwest Passage
Profiles the English explorer's journeys through early seventeenth-century America, including contact with natives, life aboard ship, and Dutch colonization.
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Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the
Northwest Passage
Covering all the major expeditions in detail, and written with passion and authority, this book is both a scholarly reference and an eminently readable history of Arctic exploration.
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Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the
Northwest Passage
Describes the expeditions embarked upon by sailors and speculators to navigate the Northwest Passage during the Age of Reason in the eighteenth century.
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Stan Rogers:
Northwest Passage
This is the story of his life and music, complete with * lyrics to his songs, many never before released or published * his playscript, The Greenway Curse * a discography * a photo insert.
Christopher Gudgeon,
2004
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Northwest Passage: Atlantic to Pacific - A Portrait and Guide
This is the first book to draw together the rich history with a guide to the region - home for the majority of the world's seabirds, enormous numbers of seals, plenty of polar bears and narwhals and more than enough mosquitoes.
The historic voyage of the S.S. Manhattan in 1969.
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The
Northwest Passage: Arctic Straits
Includes a description and history of exploration of the Northwest Passage, projection of future commercial use, analysis of the past and present legal status of the Passage and a discussion of the main policy implications of future use.
Donat Pharand, Leonard H. Legault,
1984
WIADOMOŚCI, KTÓRE ZAWIERAJĄ SŁOWO «NORTHWEST PASSAGE»
Sprawdź, o czym dyskutuje się w prasie krajowej i zagranicznej oraz jak jest stosowane słowo
Northwest Passage w wiadomościach.
Traffic Changes Sunday For Northwest Passage Reconstruction
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - Beginning Sunday evening at around 6 p-m, Railroad Street under the Northwest Passage Skywalk is scheduled to ... «KDAL, Lip 15»
Roald Amundsen's Maud, stuck in ice since 1930, to be raised next …
In 1903, Amundsen led the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage in a small fishing vessel, the Gjoa. The Maud was built for ... «CBC.ca, Lip 15»
Researchers discover a grisly end to a British naval expedition …
They then sailed through a number of islands in the Canadian Archipelago, searching for the fabled Northwest Passage. The ocean froze, an ... «Ancient Origins, Lip 15»
Ten things we learned at West Cork Literary Festival
... of the marquee, setting its frame squeaking and cracking so that it feels like we are marooned in some dark corner of the Northwest Passage. «Irish Times, Lip 15»
Port, feds announce shore power for Deltaport
The port authority has collaborated with the ports of Tacoma and Seattle to establish the Northwest Passage Clean Air Strategy, which aims to ... «Delta-Optimist, Lip 15»
Scarsdale Student Set To Explore High Arctic On Expedition
They will explore the eastern entrance of the Northwest Passage, including visits to Pond Inlet, Sirmilik National Park and Beechey Island.”. «The Daily Voice, Lip 15»
Indigo, adventure and an affair with the cannibal's daughter
... the landscapes of the 60th parallel, and Kathleen Winter, author of North by Northwest, her journey by ship through the Northwest Passage, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Lip 15»
Cracked Bones Reveal Cannibalism By Doomed Arctic Explorers
... Baffin Bay, near Greenland, and then threaded its way between islands in the Canadian Archipelago, looking for a Northwest Passage. Once the ocean froze, ... «Prensa Latina, Lip 15»
How Crystal Cruises Pulled Off Its Massive Expansion
She believes there is pent-up demand for anything Crystal, noting, when it opened sales two years in advance for a new Northwest Passage ... «Forbes, Lip 15»
Franklin Expedition commemorative coin and stamps unveiled in …
“These intrepid men set sail from England in May of 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage, only to perish in an unforgiving Arctic ... «Globalnews.ca, Lip 15»