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How did Henry A. Larsen’s routes through the Northwest Passage differ between his voyages?

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Map of the Arctic region highlighting the Northwest Passage, a maritime route shown with a red line connecting the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland to the Pacific Ocean via the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, passing north of Canada and Alaska through the Bering Sea. Major islands and surrounding countries such as Russia, Norway, Denmark (Greenland), the United States (Alaska), and Canada are labeled.
Northwest Passage

Henry A. Larsen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police navigated the Northwest Passage twice in the St. Roch during the 1940s, utilizing different routes for each voyage:1

  • West-East Voyage (1940–42): Larsen traveled from west to east by way of the Bellot Strait.1
  • East-West Voyage (1944): Larsen completed this transit in a single season by navigating through the Prince of Wales Strait.1