Referat wygłoszony podczas 4. Kongresu Polskiego Towarzystwa Badań Kanadyjskich „Canadian Ghosts, Hopes, and Values”, Uniwersytet Marii Curie Skłodowskiej, Puławy. Strona wydawcy: https://www.wuj.pl

From the Northwest Passage to the Canadian Inland Waters: Political History of the Canadian Arctic Waters, "Ad Americam", vol. 9, pp. 49-59. The North is one of the most important Canadian myths. Northern geography and concern for the North are treated by Canadians as distinct features, symbols of their country and an important part of their national identity. The theme of my presentation is a change in the official name of the Canadian northern sea route through the Arctic Archipelago, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is the shortest way from the east to west coasts of North America. For centuries the passage has been referred to as the Northwest Passage and has become part of a northern myth. However, in 2006 the Canadian Army decided to change the official name to the Canadian Inland Waters. The alteration was politically motivated and has its roots in a controversy over the legal status of the channels and straits of the Northwest Passage, which started at the end of the 1960s. At the beginning of the 21st century, the debate resurfaced once again because of the effects of global warming. The northern mythology once again is becoming visible.