South Korea is exploring the potential of the Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route, which is expected ...

While both these vessels loaded at Novatek’s Yamal LNG, many are watching the Iris (ex-North Sky), which loaded a cargo from ...

The Northern Sea Route (NSR) is the Arctic national waterway of the Russian Federation, stretching some 3000 nautical miles and seven time zones across the top of Eurasia.

Still, the Northern Sea Route during the winter -- or any Arctic route during the winter -- is far from an easy seagoing affair. "It is a very dangerous place and always will be," said Smith.

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

However, some Arctic experts are not convinced that the Northwest Passage will ever be a busy commercial trade route. Malte Humpert, the founder of The Arctic Institute think-tank, is among them.

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be gone by the 2030s, ... Yes, reduced sea ice will open the routes for ships and also favor the development of natural resources, Min said.

The Arctic region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, with sea ice, snow cover, glaciers, and permafrost all diminishing dramatically over recent decades.

Study Finds Climate Change To Open Arctic Sea Routes By 2050 : The Two-Way Researchers simulate changes in sea ice and determine that regular ocean passages will be possible by mid-century.

South Korea is exploring the potential of the Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route, which is expected to reduce shipping times and costs between Asia and Europe.

Climate change is increasingly opening up the Northwest Passage, an Arctic sea route north of the Canadian mainland. Could it herald an era of more cargo shipping around the top of the world? Back ...