a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
双语例句
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Then as a result of the decreasing ice cover which means the North-WestPassage is opening up it kept on going before heading south into the Atlantic.
西北通道是北冰洋中连接太平洋和大西洋的一条通道,常年覆盖着冰雪。
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Global warming is opening summer sea lanes through the ice, along the north-westpassage sought by Martin Frobisher and the North-East one sought by Hugh Willoughby.