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Northwest Passage

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Last Updated July 25, 2006

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7,000
The number of kilometres ships would save if they used the Northwest Passage instead of the current Europe-to-Asia shipping route via the Panama Canal.

16,000
The length, in kilometres, of the shipping route between London and Tokyo via the Northwest Passage.

23,000
The length, in kilomteres, of the current shipping route between London and Tokyo via the Panama Canal.

14
The approximate number of travel days saved by going through the Northwest Passage.

300
The approximate number of years it took for European explorers to map out the full length of the Northwest Passage.

$5.3 billion
The amount of money Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised he would spend, over a five-year span, to defend Canada's northern waters and the Northwest Passage.

70,000 square kilometres
The amount of ice lost in Canada's Arctic during the summer months; it's the equivalent of Lake Superior.

32 per cent
The percentage of ice lost in Canada's Arctic since the 1960s.

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