Northeast Passage

American  

noun

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

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Northeast Passage British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Across the Russian Arctic, a consortium of companies supported by the government is midway through a plan to invest 735 billion rubles, or about $10 billion, over five years developing the Northeast Passage, a shipping lane between the Pacific and Atlantic that the Russians call the Northern Sea Route.

From New York Times

There are geopolitical dimensions to the opening of Arctic sea routes as Russia, with its much larger icebreaker fleet, has looked to a northeast passage as it opens a route to move cargo from the Atlantic to Asia.

From Seattle Times

In the ultralight, performance trike I had rented from a shop called Northeast Passage in Durham, N.H.,

From New York Times

Fatland opens her book by describing a voyage along the Arctic coast of Russia, the once-ice-bound Northeast Passage now increasingly littered with rusting oil drums and other trash.

From Washington Post

Barents’s expedition was seeking a northeast passage from Europe to Asia, without having to travel around Africa.

From Washington Post