Not really the first. Shipping might improve a whole lot if the Northwest Passage opens up more. First commercial ship went through in '08: http://www.cbc.ca/ne

Not really the first. Shipping might improve a whole lot if the Northwest Passage opens up more. First commercial ship went through in '08: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2008/11/28/nwest-vessel.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2008/11/28/nwest-v...