Northern Sea Route
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The Northern Sea Route is a name for the shipping route that crosses Russia's northern coast.[1][2][3] It roughly corresponds to The Northwest Passage that crosses across North America.
Due to Global warming both routes are seen as becoming more useful, in the future.[1][2][3]
During World War 2, before Germany attacked the Soviet Union, Germany hired Soviet icebreakers to escort a merchant raider across the Northern Sea Route, so it could unexpectedly appear in the Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Infographic: Navigating the Northwest Passage, The Globe and Mail, 2013-09-18. “Route of the cargo ship Yong Sheng, which arrived in Rotterdam on Sept. 10 after sailing across the Northern Sea Route from a Chinese port.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robin McKie. China's voyage of discovery to cross the less frozen north, The Guardian, 2013-08-18. Retrieved on 2024-01-03. “They are intrigued, not by its cargo, but by its route – for the Yong Sheng is headed in the opposite direction from the Netherlands and sailing towards the Bering Strait that separates Russia and Alaska.”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 An Arctic first: Chinese cargo ship reaches Europe via the Northeast Sea Route, Nunatsiaq News, 2013-09-12. Retrieved on 2024-01-03. “A Chinese cargo ship has crossed the top of Arctic Russia via the Northeast Sea Route for the first time, reaching the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands Sept. 10.”