The Voyage of the St Roch through the North-West Passage, 1944

The most stirring event in the Arctic in 1944 was the return voyage of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Schooner St Roch from Halifax to Vancouver by the North-West Passage. Not only was it the first passage made in a single summer season, but it was also by a new and probably better route. In her...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Wordie, J. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1945
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Parry
Barrow Strait
Melville Sound
North West Passage
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400042042
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400042042
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Summary:The most stirring event in the Arctic in 1944 was the return voyage of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Schooner St Roch from Halifax to Vancouver by the North-West Passage. Not only was it the first passage made in a single summer season, but it was also by a new and probably better route. In her 1940–42 voyage the St Roch had followed Amundsen's southerly track in the reverse direction, namely eastwards. In 1944 Staff-Sergeant (now Sub-Inspector) H. A. Larsen was again in command for the return westward, but on this occasion a northern route was chosen via Barrow Strait and Melville Sound, where Parry had made his attempts in 1819 and 1820 and Bernier in 1908 and 1910.

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