St. Roch's Icy Ordeal: Conquering the Northwest Passage In 1940, the RCMP schooner St. Roch, under Capt. Henry Larsen, began a patrol that became a two-year struggle to traverse the Northwest Passage from west to east. The small vessel spent two winters frozen in Arctic ice. In 1942, the crew reached Halifax, becoming the first to ever complete the perilous journey in that direction. #Canada #StRoch #ArcticHistory #RCMP 🇨🇦 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Roch_(ship)