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Arctic shipping passage 'still decades away'
2016-02-09 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It will be decades before big cargo ships link China and northern Europe by taking a shortcut through the Arctic Ocean, a report predicts. Climate change, retreating summer ice and the prospect of shorter journey times and 40% lower fuel costs has led Russia, European governments and some industries to expect a major ice-free shipping lane to open above Russia, allowing regular, year-long trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans within a few years. But, says the Arctic Institute in a new...
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