1957 Northwest Passage - CGC Spar (WLB 403)

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The vessels that made the 1957 Northwest Passage expedition

1957 Northwest Passage - CGC Spar (WLB 403)

1957 Northwest Passage - CGCs Storis, Bramble & Spar, along with HMCS Labrador, transit the famous and historic Northwest Passage in 1957. "CGC Spar in the ice" Copy photograph; from "Northwest Passage" subject history files; CG Historian's Office Special Collections & Library.

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Tags: Northwest Passage, Alaska, Canada, ice, icebreaking, HMCS, Spar, Bramble, Storis, Labrador, expeditions, ice operations, Bellot Strait, circumnavigation

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office | VIRIN: 230630-G-G0000-103.JPG

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