News In Brief
October 1, 1984
Yokohama, Japan
Swedish passenger liner first to cross Arctic route
A Swedish liner on Saturday became the first passenger ship to complete a voyage through the Arctic's ''Northwest Passage.'' The 1,590-ton Lindblad Explorer berthed at Yokohama's South Pier after a 41 -day, 7,000-mile voyage that started at the port of St. John's in Canada's Newfoundland.