Arctic
Northwest Passage: Greenland to Alaska
Northwest Passage: Greenland to Alaska
Embark on an epic journey across the Northwest Passage from Greenland to Alaska, and follow in the footsteps of intrepid explorers who searched for centuries for a northwest route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Experience this epic quest aboard *National Geographic Resolution* and discover the otherworldly icescapes that challenged generations of adventurers.
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Embark on an epic journey across the Northwest Passage from Greenland to Alaska, and follow in the footsteps of intrepid explorers who searched for centuries for a northwest route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Experience this epic quest aboard *National Geographic Resolution* and discover the otherworldly icescapes that challenged generations of adventurers.
Highlight
- Venture into the fabled Northwest Passage and learn dramatic stories of explorers and adventurers who sought this magnificent, icy frontier
- Glide between soaring icebergs at the mouth of Greenland's Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Journey across Baffin Bay to Devon Island and the remote, ice-fringed coast of the Northwest Territories, tracing a route through some of the Arctic's most dramatic and least-visited landscapes
- Observe polar bears, walruses, ringed seals, belugas, and bowhead whales—and, with luck, the elusive narwhal
- Meander through the remains of historic dwellings on Herschel Island, a scattered mixture from the Inuvialuit people and the once-booming whaling industry
