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Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Henry Larsen (explorer)
20th-century Canadian Arctic explorer
Henry Asbjørn Larsen was a Norwegian-Canadian Arctic explorer. Larsen was born on a small island, Herføl, south of Fredrikstad in Norway. Like his hero, Roald Amundsen, he became a seaman. Larsen immigrated to Canada, and became a British subject in 1927. In 1928, he joined the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Northwest Passage
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British Columbia
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British Columbia, colloquially referred to as B.C, is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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