Watch: New shipping routes threaten Arctic ecosystem
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Watch: New shipping routes threaten Arctic ecosystem
Shatadru Roy
• May 25, 2017, 15:11:10 IST
The Arctic is one of the regions most impacted by rising sea temperatures. Traditionally, shipping was considered impossible in the Arctic as it was covered in thick sheets of ice, difficult to break through even with nuclear powered ice breakers. But global warming has opened up new shipping routes. In the warmer summers and milder winters, it is possible to traverse the north sea for at least four months in a year.
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