单词Northwest Passage
na.: 西北航道
网络: 西北通道；神枪游侠；西北水道
西北航道〔从大西洋经欧亚两洲北部诸海到达太平洋的航道〕
Since reading about it as a boy, Amundsen had been fascinated by Englishman John Franklin"s disastrous search for the Northwest Passage.
阿蒙森从小就读这些方面的故事，他痴迷于英国人约翰·富兰克林对于“西北航道”的探索。而那次探险损失惨重。
Spanish sailors in search of a northwest passage were the first Europeans to see what is known today as Oregon.
最早看到俄勒冈海岸的欧洲人是寻找西北通道的西班牙水手。
Canada and the United States are at odds over the sovereignty of the Northwest Passage that links the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.
而加拿大和美国的争议在于连接大西洋和太平洋的“西北航道”的主权归属。
They are to sail (in search of the Northwest Passage) on the next day, with the morning tide.
他们于次日上午与潮流航行在西北航道。
Other explorers to the Arctic Ocean have sought the fabled Northwest Passage direct shipping route from Europe to Asia across the polar ice.
其他到达北冰洋的探险家也在寻求传说中跨越极地冰原从欧洲到亚洲直接运输路径的西北通道。
Bowhead whales, the giants of the Arctic, are using the Northwest Passage to move across the top of the Americas.
北极的巨型动物――北极露脊鲸――正在用西北通道穿越美洲上端的游动。
It has also reawakened an old debate over who owns the Northwest Passage sea route.
气候变化同样重提到一个旧日的争论：谁拥有西南通道的航线？
Melting ice has opened up the fabled Northwest Passage, which runs through an archipelago of islands in northern Canada.
融冰开启了传说中的西北通道，它从加拿大北部的群岛间穿过。
Recently, rapid warming of the Arctic has made it possible for the Northwest Passage navigation.
北极近年迅速变暖使西北航道的通航成为可能。
Scientists saying the Northwest Passage could open up to year-round shipping by 2050.
专家预计，到2050年，“西北航道”将全年全线通航。