History: American icebreaking oil tanker SS Manhattan works alongside Canadian icebreaker CCGS Louis St-Laurent. Northern Baffin Bay, May 22, 1970. SS Manhattan was the first merchant vessel to successfully transit the infamous Northwest Passage. [1200x756]

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