Global warming makes this luxury cruise through the **rthwest Passage possible — but
 

Global warming makes this luxury cruise through the **rthwest Passage possible — but perilous
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When Canadian explorer Roald Amundsen 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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