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The 36 pages that link to Northwest Passage, each with the reason it gives.

• Arctic OceanBroader topic: It is a major shipping route whose navigability depends on ice conditions.

• Northern Sea RouteCompared with: It is the other principal Arctic passage, running through Canadian rather than Russian waters.

• Arctic sea iceRelated: Its navigability varies with regional sea ice conditions.

• Lewis and Clark ExpeditionRelated: Finding a practical transcontinental water route was among the expedition’s aims.

• GreenlandRelated: Changing Arctic ice conditions around Greenland affect regional shipping and navigation.

• Arctic shippingBroader topic: Its island channels form the principal Arctic passage through Canadian waters.

• Roald AmundsenRelated: Amundsen’s 1903–1906 expedition completed its first navigation by ship.

• Arctic sea ice declineRelated: Reduced summer ice has increased the passage's seasonal navigability, without making it reliably ice-free.

• Arctic explorationRelated: Searching for this passage drove centuries of voyages through Canada’s Arctic islands.

• James Clark RossNarrower topic: Ross’s early naval service took place during British efforts to find this route.

• Arctic shipping routesBroader topic: Its seasonal opening offers a route across northern Canada, but navigation remains difficult.

• Arctic sovereigntyBroader topic: Canada treats the passage’s waters as internal, while the United States asserts an international strait right of passage.

• Polar explorationRelated: Finding a navigable passage was a major early motive for Arctic voyages.

• John FranklinRelated: Finding this route was the declared aim of Franklin’s final expedition.

• Amundsen's South Pole expeditionNarrower topic: Amundsen's successful passage preceded his shift from Arctic exploration to the Antarctic race.

• Henry HudsonNarrower topic: Finding this passage was the goal behind Hudson's last voyage.

• Arctic geopoliticsBroader topic: Canada and the United States dispute whether these passages are internal waters or an international strait.

• Martin FrobisherRelated: Finding this route to Asia was the stated aim of Frobisher’s three Arctic expeditions.

• Baffin BayRelated: Baffin Bay is an eastern gateway to routes through the Canadian Arctic.

• Franklin expeditionRelated: Finding this passage was the expedition’s central objective.

• Russian Arctic explorationCompared with: It is the western counterpart to the Northeast Passage explored along Russia’s coast.

• Hudson StraitRelated: Hudson Strait served as an eastern approach to routes explored in the search for the passage.

• William BaffinRelated: Finding a navigable passage to Asia motivated several voyages associated with Baffin.

• Davis StraitRelated: Davis Strait forms part of the eastern approach to the passage.

• Beaufort SeaRelated: Its western approaches cross the Beaufort Sea, where changing ice conditions affect access.

• Giovanni da VerrazzanoRelated: Finding a western route to Asia was a central purpose of the expedition.

• Ferdinand von WrangelRelated: Wrangel’s surveys contributed to broader efforts to understand northern maritime routes.

• Humphrey GilbertRelated: The hoped-for passage formed part of the wider exploration context around Gilbert’s ventures.

• Arctic ArchipelagoRelated: Its channels weave through the archipelago between the two oceans.

• Bartholomew GosnoldRelated: The search for a passage to Asia formed part of the wider exploration context for English voyages.

• Inside PassageCompared with: It is an Arctic ocean-spanning route, not a sheltered coastal passage to Alaska.

• King William IslandRelated: The island lies along a route sought by British expeditions, including Franklin’s.

• Cape ChidleyNarrower topic: Exploration of nearby straits formed part of attempts to find this route.

• Clements MarkhamRelated: Arctic voyages connected Markham’s early naval career with the era’s drive to chart this route.

• João Fernandes LavradorNarrower topic: The search for routes and lands beyond the North Atlantic shaped the wider context of exploration.

• Queen Elizabeth IslandsRelated: Its channels pass among islands in the archipelago.