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At the Vancouver Museum and Planetarium stands a small schooner called the St. Roch. Built in 1928 for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, this sturdy vessel was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage from west to east. Nearly forty years years earlier, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had made the journey in the opposite direction on board the Gjoa. The picture at the left is taken by "Islandmen" at the Die Gjøa am Fram Museum in Oslo.
Henry Larsen and St. Roch Undefeated by Two Winters Trapped in Ice
Commanded by Sergeant Henry Larsen, the St. Roch left Vancouver in June 1940 and finally reached Halifax in October of 1942, after spending two winters frozen in place. The ship returned to Vancouver in 1944. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the return journey took only 86 days. These voyages strengthened Canada's claim to sovereignty in the north and the St. Roch became the first ship to travel the passage in both directions.
By No Means the First Ship to Try the Northwest Passage
Before the Gjoa and the St. Roch, many others had tried to navigate what they initially thought would be a quick and easy sea route to the orient. The Atlas of Canada states that Sebastian Cabot was the first to conceive the idea that the Northwest Passage might exist. The search began in the the 1500s, with interest on the part of Portuguese explorers.
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