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03-31-2016, 03:23 AM
Global warming makes this luxury cruise through the **rthwest Passage possible — but perilous
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When Canadian explorer Roald Amundsen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen#**rthwest_Passage_.281903.E2.80.931 906.29) traversed the **rthwest Passage in a tiny wooden boat from 1903 to 1906, he likely never envisioned that a little more than a century later, a 1,725-person vessel would sail through the same waters during the course of just a week, enabled by shrinking ice cover from global warming.*
This summer, the Crystal Cruises'*Serenity —*the largest passenger cruise ship ever to attempt to navigate through the treacherous waters of the famed **rthwest Passage — will depart from Seward, Alaska on*August 16, bound for New York City via the top of **rth America.*
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When Canadian explorer Roald Amundsen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen#**rthwest_Passage_.281903.E2.80.931 906.29) traversed the **rthwest Passage in a tiny wooden boat from 1903 to 1906, he likely never envisioned that a little more than a century later, a 1,725-person vessel would sail through the same waters during the course of just a week, enabled by shrinking ice cover from global warming.*
This summer, the Crystal Cruises'*Serenity —*the largest passenger cruise ship ever to attempt to navigate through the treacherous waters of the famed **rthwest Passage — will depart from Seward, Alaska on*August 16, bound for New York City via the top of **rth America.*
SEE ALSO: Freakishly mild Arctic winter leads to lowest winter sea ice cover on record (http://mashable.com/2016/03/28/lowest-sea-ice-record/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/cruise-**rthwest-passage/)
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