This map provides a look back in time at the search for a navigable route for the Northwest Passage.

This map provides a look back in time at the search for a navigable route for the Northwest Passage.

This is a useful map for orienting students to where the Canadian Arctic lies in relation to other Arctic countries. The centre of the map is the North Pole. Clicking on the map brings up weather reports for various locations.

A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...

A plan of the Battle of Concord, Massachusetts, at the opening of the American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775). Explanation of the Plan: (1) Lexington Road; (2) Hills and high land where the liberty pole stood; (3) center of the town,...

The aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) is a spectacular light display that can be seen at night in regions near the North Pole (auroras can also be seen near the South Pole). Auroras occur because of charged particles...

(1854-1897) Swedish balloonist lost while trying to reach the North Pole in 1897.

(1856-1920) "An American Arctic explorer, famed as the discoverer of the North Pole." -Foster, 1921

Very simple directions for making a sundial and a question and answer section that explains why and how a sun clock works.

Map of the Arctic Ocean region.

(1872-1928) Norwegian explorer most famous for first reaching the North and South Poles.

An American explorer who claimed to have been the first person to reach the geographic North Pole.

An American explorer who is usually credited as the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole.