An Arctic sea route navigated by a vessel on it's own bottom between the Davis Strait's Atlantic Arctic Circle and the Bering Sea's Pacific Arctic Circle (Latitude 66.5622°N)
Bottom line - if you do not navigate from one Arctic Circle to the other Arctic Circle (East-to-West or West-to-East) - it is not a Northwest Passage but rather is a point-to-point navigation between geographic points or hamlets.
Suggestion - keep a detailed ship's log. Take pictures of your GPS display during your voyage. I strongly recommend using a SPOT GPS beacon. (http://www.findmespot.com/)
Here are details on those who have completed a Northwest Passage:
http://northwestpassage2013.blogspot.com/2013/05/transits-of-northwest-passage-to-end-of.html?view=sidebar
Here is my list of Arctic expeditions as of May 17, 2013:
Anne Quemere
Skin-n-frame Sea Kayak 18' solo
Northwest Passage? East to West
http://www.anne-quemere.com/?lang=en
Matt McFadyen
Cameron Webb
Norseboat 17.5' open cuddy rowboat
Inuvik to Resolute Bay
http://www.beyondthecircle.com/
Denis Barnett
Paul Gleeson
Kevin Vallely
Frank Wolf
Experimental 25' cabin rowboat
Inunvik to Pond Inlet
http://www.thelastfirst.com
Olivier Giasson
Sebastien Lapierre
Sea kayak 17' individual kayaks
Tuktoyaktuk to Igloolik
http://www.revedeglace.ca/
Sarah Outen
Custom 21' cabin rowboat
From/To TBD
http://www.sarahouten.com/
David Collette
Johann Sigurdson
From/To TBD (Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Greenland, Iceland)
Custom 50' sailboat yacht
http://faraheim.com/
Tara Oceans Polar Circle Expedition
Motor Sailer TARA 20m aluminum research yacht
Single-season Arctic Circumnavigation counterclockwise (West-to-east)
Including Northeast and Northwest Passages
ETD 20130518 Lorient France ETA 20131206
http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org
Charles Hedrich
Pierre-Marie Bazin
Custom 21' rowboat?
Nome Alaska to Pond Inlet
http://www.charleshedrich.com/
http://www.pierremariebazin.fr/
François Roberge
Balthazar (10·5m sailboat) - Canada
Wintered Inuvik
http://www.voilierbalthazar.ca/passage-du-nord-ouest
Bart Veldink
Tranquillo (17·6m sailboat) - Netherlands
Wintered off Pim Island
https://twitter.com/BartVeldink
Others? Please provide details in the comments below - Thank you!
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