[ez]

Satellite imagery found that a regular commercial ship could have traveled last summer from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans over Canada.

Hutchison Whampoa has to be kicking themselves for paying all that money to manage the Panama Canal.

[Stingray51]

I recently read an article in Ireland Afloat, a sailing magazine, about some Irish sailers who made it through from East to West last summer with no problems. If I remember correctly, they were quite surprised as they had been anticipating having to spend a winter icebound somewhere along the way.

As for Canada claiming such waters as their own territory, I don't see that as much more of a problem than Col. Khadaffi's "Line of Death" across the Gulf of Sidra.