Northwest Pass - Polarization of shipping
Heat at work, the Northwest Passage is finally ice free for the first time as the satellite records showed recently.
The Northwest Passage is a direct shipping route from Europe to Asia across the Arctic Ocean along the northern coast of North America. Woven through the waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Though it was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903-06 but it remained unnavigable due to the Arctic pack ice.
It would save many a miles for ships that now travel through the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal thus opening a new frontier for North Atlantic - Pacific trade.
As snow lifts over the hidden treasure, Canada, Russia, USA, Norway and Denmark have started pissmarking their territories. Fear is, there will be a race among these wary nations for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes.
The Northwest Passage is a direct shipping route from Europe to Asia across the Arctic Ocean along the northern coast of North America. Woven through the waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Though it was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903-06 but it remained unnavigable due to the Arctic pack ice.
It would save many a miles for ships that now travel through the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal thus opening a new frontier for North Atlantic - Pacific trade.
As snow lifts over the hidden treasure, Canada, Russia, USA, Norway and Denmark have started pissmarking their territories. Fear is, there will be a race among these wary nations for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes.
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