Northeast Passage

noun

1. a ship route along the N coast of Europe and Asia, between the North Sea and the Pacific.

Northeast Passage

noun

1. a shipping route along the Arctic coasts of Europe and Asia, between the Atlantic and Pacific: first navigated by Nordenskjöld (1878–79)

Example Sentences

But he went on to navigate the Northeast Passage as well as reach the North Pole in a record-breaking flight at the age of 53.

From The Daily Beast

Up went hopes again for the Northeast Passage, and the twenty thousand pounds!

From Project Gutenberg

There must be no myth of a Northeast Passage left lurking in any of the many inlets of this spider-shaped sea.

From Project Gutenberg

The desire to reach India influenced Dutch statesmen to attempt to find a northeast passage.

From Project Gutenberg

But at least their returning in a contrary direction to the "Vega" would prove the feasibility of the northeast passage.

From Project Gutenberg

Their principal object was not so much the charting of northern Siberia as the discovery and navigation of the Northeast passage.

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