Echoes of History
Echoes of History
History Hit & Assassin's Creed
The Northwest Passage: Doom of Arctic Explorers
39 minutes Posted Jun 23, 2025 at 2:00 am.
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Assassin's Creed Rogue and Assassin's Creed III let us sail through the frozen waters of the Northwest Passage at the most dangerous time in history.


From Hudson Bay to Hawaii, the coasts of Canada and the USA were mapped as an unintended consequence of history’s greatest explorers trying to find a navigable path from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Just what was it that made this route so hard to find? And how did explorers overcome the fatal challenges it posed? Historian and adventurer Ken McGoogan helps Dan Snow discover the answers.


Echoes of History is a Ubisoft podcast, brought to you by History Hit. 


Hosted by: Dan Snow

Edited by: Michael McDaid

Produced by: Robin McConnell

Senior Producer: Anne-Marie Luff

Production Manager: Beth Donaldson

Executive Producers: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre, Steve Lanham, Jen Bennett


Music by Elitsa Alexandrova


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