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Northeast Passage: Russia moves to boost Arctic shipping

2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Spiegel: This year has seen a record number of ships pass through the Northeast Passage in the Arctic Ocean. Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing all he can to make the route even more attractive. The earth has rarely been as warm as it is today -- and it has never been this small. In the distant past, traveling from Hamburg to Shanghai by ship meant sailing around Africa, a journey of at least 28,000 kilometers (17,400 miles). A short cut became available in 1869, with the opening of the Suez Canal,...

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