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Expedition Spotlight: Navigating the Northwest Passage With Captain Heidi Norling
“The Northwest Passage is an amazing adventure,” says Heidi Norling, Captain of the National Geographic Resolution. “It's a unique opportunity to visit very remote places where very few people have ever been.” On the voyage Northwest Passage: Greenland to Alaska, you’ll navigate this legendary route—sailed only about 500 times in history—tracing a path through the high Arctic for encounters with towering icebergs, remarkable wildlife such as polar bears and enduring Indigenous communities. In this Expedition Spotlight, Captain Norling shares what it’s like to guide a ship through these remote polar waters—and what awaits on this once-in-a-lifetime journey.