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  I agree Bluecon

  A very biased report indeed. A quick search on google yeilds the below; and there are more.

  1903-06 - Roald Amundsen, in the Gjoa, makes the first full transit of the Northwest Passage from east to west.

  1944 - The St. Roch, an RCMP schooner, makes the first west-to-east passage. It returns west and becomes the first to make the return journey in one season .

  1969 - The Manhattan, the largest ship to navigate the Northwest Passage, leads a special experiment to see if the transport of bulk oil from Alaska would be feasible through the Passage.

  1975 - R. Dickinson and K. Maro, in the Pandora II and the Theta, make a west-to-east transit.

  1976-78 - R. Bouvier, in the J. E. Bernier II, a ketch, makes an east-to-west transit.

  1977 - W. De Roos, in the Williwaw, a Dutch 42-foot (13-m) ketch, makes the first single handed passage from east to west.

  1980 - Pandora II, a hydrographic research vessel, makes a transit from west to east.

  1981-83 - Japanese sloop Mermaid, makes an east-to-west transit.

  1983-88 - French vessel, The Vagabond II, makes a west-to-east transit.

  U.S. motor yacht Belvedere, makes a west-to-east transit.

  1984 - Lindblad Explorer, the first commercial passenger vessel to make a transit from east-to-west.

  1985 - Commercial passenger ship `World Discoverer', makes a west-to-east transit.

  1988 - MV Society Explorer, a Bahamas-registered passenger ship, makes a west-to-east transit.On First commercial ship sails through Northwest Passage posted 12 months ago 4 Responses