Northeast Passage

noun

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

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How to use Northeast Passage in a sentence

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.
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Up went hopes again for the Northeast Passage, and the twenty thousand pounds!
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. Laut
There must be no myth of a Northeast Passage left lurking in any of the many inlets of this spider-shaped sea.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. Laut
The desire to reach India influenced Dutch statesmen to attempt to find a Northeast Passage.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene Bolton
But at least their returning in a contrary direction to the "Vega" would prove the feasibility of the Northeast Passage.
The Waif of the "Cynthia" | Andr Laurie and Jules Verne

Their principal object was not so much the charting of northern Siberia as the discovery and navigation of the Northeast Passage.
Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait | Peter Lauridsen

British Dictionary definitions for Northeast Passage

Northeast Passage

noun

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

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