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Three Sheets Northwest | Crew arrives in Seattle after journey through Northwest Passage
Three Sheets Northwest
When Sprague Theobald arrived in Seattle yesterday afternoon by boat, it marked the end of a journey many mariners have dreamed about but few have accomplished.
Theobald, 58, spent the past four months traveling across the fabled Northwest Passage, a treacherous and ice-choked route between Canada and Greenland. Since Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first to conquer the Northwest Passage in 1906, only about 100 boats have completed the journey and numerous others have been lost while attempting it.
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