In terms of leisure travel, only small expeditions — like Quark Expeditions and Polar Cruises — have taken on the Northwest Passage. To try to plan for an emergency involving the Serenity or ...

Battling unpredictable seas, freezing winds, and remote isolation, this leg of the journey through the Northwest Passage—from the Aleutian Islands to False Pass—is not for the faint of heart.

Amundsen proceeded to accomplish a plan that he'd conceived when he first thought of going on the Northwest Passage, and that was he wanted to learn all he could about survival and travel in the ...