Panama Canal
The Panama Canal The Panama Canal is one of the world’s most remarkable engineering feats. Carved through the narrow Isthmus of Panama, the 82-kilometre artificial waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, transforming global trade and travel by providing a shortcut between the two oceans and eliminating thousands of miles from many sea voyages. Yet the significance of the canal is about far more than the distance saved. At either end, an extraordinary system of locks raises and lowers ships, while beyond them lie the vast waters of GatĂșn Lake, narrow channels and dense, jungle-clad landscapes filled with wildlife. To travel through the canal is to experience an extraordinary combination of human engineering and tropical wilderness, a place where enormous ships are lifted and lowered through a series of locks while the jungle presses close to the waterway. Some ships make the full transit, which takes the ship across the entire canal, from the Atlantic to the Pacific or i...
