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    The Northeast Passage (abbreviated as NEP; Russian: Северо-Восточный проход, romanized: Severo-Vostochnyy prokhod, Norwegian: Nordøstpassasjen) is the...
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    the Arctic coasts of Norway and Siberia is accordingly called the Northeast Passage (NEP). The various islands of the archipelago are separated from one...
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    failed attempt in 1918 to reach the North Pole by traversing the Northeast Passage on the ship Maud, Amundsen began planning for an aerial expedition...
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    coasts of the White Sea, the Pomors, had been exploring parts of the northeast passage as early as the 11th century. By the 17th century they established...
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    and is included in what has been called the Northeast Passage, analogous to Canada's Northwest Passage. The Northern Sea Route itself does not include...
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    waters. There also are disputes regarding what passages constitute international seaways and rights to passage along them. There was one single disputed piece...
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    made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609, he landed...
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    bearing the same name in 2017. The vessel has also traversed the Northeast passage. The European Space Agency reports a 1992 traverse "was the first...
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    Willoughby with Richard Chancellor as second in command searches for the Northeast Passage 1557: English expedition led by Stephen Borough reaches the Kara Strait...
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    that connect the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans: the Northeast Passage, the Northwest Passage, and the mostly unused Transpolar Sea Route. In addition...
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