Wednesday, 14 October 2009

The North West Passage Exhibiting

Last Monday, I went to the National Maritime Museum for the North West Passage Exhibition. I saw a lot of informations about the North West Passasge.
The North West Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, around Canada and North America, which links the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. In the history, people started explore it in the end of the 15th century, many explorer want to find the passage hoping to increase trade between Asia and Europe, but they were failed. For over 300 years explorers searched for a passage though the Arctic, hoping to shorten the time and cost of sailing to and from markets such as China. By the 19th century, explorers had found their way - North West Passage.
And I also saw many collections. So I'm interested in Arctic Clothing,GPS,Woman's winter outfit and beavers, the beavers is very lovely but, there are many people hunt it for trapped. Theri fur was widly used in European clothing manufacture, especially hat-making.

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