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After Columbus discovered America and Europeans discovered that there was a whole continent between them and the coveted riches of Asia to the west, they began looking for ways to go around it or somehow take a shortcut. The route south, around Cape Horn, was long and very dangerous, the route across the Isthmus of Panama turned out to be much more problematic than it looked on the map, and the route around the northern coast of America seemed the shortest and most logical - on the globe. Today's story is about the search for the Northwest Passage - a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean past the shores of what would eventually become Canada. You may also be interested in: The history of the construction of the Panama Canal: • How, despite the impossibility, Panama ... The Moscow Company of Merchant Adventurers: • The Adventures of English Merchants in Mosco ... Time codes: 00:00 "The Northwest Passage" by D.E. Millet 02:46 Around America from the North 06:14 The Deadly Labyrinth: Climate and Geography 11:49 Cabot, Frobisher, Cartier 14:51 Hudson, Baffin, Cook and Vancouver 18:37 William Parry and the Man Who Ate His Boots 25:19 The Search for Franklin's Expedition 34:32 McClure Passes the Passage 36:30 Amundsen and Global Warming Support the channel with exclusive materials for subscribers: Boosty: https://boosty.to/elevated Patreon: / julia_bolchakova Download my fiction books from Etsy (e-pub or pdf): https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Aleutie?... From Russia, it is more convenient to download from Boosty: https://boosty.to/elevated (e-pub, pdf or fb2). FOR BOOSTY AND PATREON SUBSCRIBERS MY BOOKS ARE FREE! If you have problems with the files, write me a PM inside Boosty or Patreon. All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and feel that they were used inappropriately, please, contact me and I'll do all necessary changes.