Arctic Passage

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Arctic Passage

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PBS | Air Date: February 28, 2006
Summary: NOVA retraces the steps of Artic explorers, Sir John Franklin and Roald Amundsen, who discovered the Northwest Passage. The program takes viewers back to the 1840s, showing audience how sailors traveled through ice and snow on medium-sized wooden ships. NOVA also explains why only eight percent of the men who traveled to the Arctic Sea NOVA retraces the steps of Artic explorers, Sir John Franklin and Roald Amundsen, who discovered the Northwest Passage. The program takes viewers back to the 1840s, showing audience how sailors traveled through ice and snow on medium-sized wooden ships. NOVA also explains why only eight percent of the men who traveled to the Arctic Sea made it out alive. Expand
Genre(s): News, Documentary, Science

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