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Diesel Tanker Runs Aground in the Arctic

(Sept. 2) -- On some days, the fuel tank sure feels half empty. Mere hours after an oil platform explosion ripped through the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday afternoon, a tanker carrying 2.4 million gallons of diesel fuel has reportedly run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Arctic waterway above the Canadian mainland....

Canadians Find British Ship Lost for 150-Plus Years

(July 29) -- Canadian archaeologists found the remains of a British ship abandoned in the Arctic more than 150 years ago after it was sent to find two vessels that went missing in their search for the elusive Northwest Passage. The wreck of the HMS Investigator was detected with the help of sonar technology in the...

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Octopus Yacht Attempts the Northwest Passage

In California yacht watchers have been checking out the A yacht but far north a different yacht has been turning heads.

Background on northwest passage

The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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