ARCTIC LABYRINTH: THE QUEST FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGES

Book ID/图书代码： 11701209B33568

English Summary/英文概要： One of the most dramatic and worrying results of the global warming of recent years has been the shrinking of Arctic ice to a point where scientists estimate that by 2030 (and perhaps even earlier) there will be no sea ice at all in the Arctic by the summer’s end. One of the effects of this drastic change is that for the first time in seafaring history the fantasy of a navigable Northwest Passage will become reality as a regular northern route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans opens.
The opening of the Northwest Passage takes us back to the speculations and rumours of earlier centuries, which prompted many brave seamen to search for a passage. Their names still mark vast stretches of the Arctic: Davis Strait, Baffin Island and Baffin Bay, Frobisher Bay, Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay, Foxe Basin, James Bay, McClure Strait, McClintock Channel. Once these names stood like signposts on the map, hopefully pointing the way to the Passage. Today they serve as tributes to the courage and endurance of men who battled against overwhelming odds in frozen seas. This book will tell their story.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 近年来全球变暖最引人注目、最令人担忧的结果是北极冰层的缩小，科学家估计，到2030年（甚至更早）夏末，北极将完全没有海冰。这一剧烈变化的影响是，随着大西洋和太平洋之间常规航线的开通，航海史上首次实现了西北航道通航的幻想。西北航道的开通让我们回到了几个世纪前的猜测和谣言，这些猜测和谣言促使许多勇敢的海员寻找航道。航道的名字仍然标志着北极的广大地区：戴维斯海峡、巴芬岛和巴芬湾、弗罗比舍湾、哈德逊海峡和哈德逊湾、福克斯盆地、詹姆斯湾、麦克卢尔海峡、麦克林托克海峡。曾经，这些名字像路标一样矗立在地图上，满怀希望地指向前方。而今天，这些是对那些在冰冻海洋中与压倒性困难作斗争人们的勇气和耐力的致敬。这本书将讲述他们的故事。(ZY)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 格林•威廉姆斯是伦敦大学历史系名誉教授。他曾担任哈克利特协会主席和哈德逊湾公司的总编辑。他专门研究了公司与加拿大北极和亚北极勘探之间的关系，出版了几卷有关该主题的文件。他在他的同事威廉•巴尔和加拿大公园的帮助下，调查了探索探险队的越冬地点，寻找穿过哈德逊湾的西北通道。

Glyn Williams is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of London. He has served as President of the Hakluyt Society and as General Editor of the records of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In the latter capacity he specialised in the relationship between the Company and the exploration of the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic, publishing several volumes of documents on the subject. With his colleague William Barr and the help of Parks Canada he investigated the wintering sites of discovery expeditions searching for a Northwest Passage through Hudson Bay.

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