The search for a Northwest Passage fundamentally shaped the history of Newfoundland, where John Cabot landed in 1497 while seeking a northwestern sea route to Asia. As Ainsley Hawthorn writes, the quest persisted for centuries and cost hundreds of lives.
ALSTEAD — A large sculpture of a dodecahedron sits at the entrance to Celeste Longacre’s yard, which is nestled at the back of a narrow, dirt road. Driving onto the