>Arctic turning into the next shipping route
I always wonder how realistic is this? I assume we dont need special vessel for this shipping lane and we can somehow always clear all the ice before us.
I always wonder how realistic is this? I assume we dont need special vessel for this shipping lane and we can somehow always clear all the ice before us.
With climate change there are longer and longer times of the year when there is no ice. And when it does reform it is often not as thick as before, so less robust ships may be needed.
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indica...
The Arctic is expected to be ice free by 2027. That is what matters when it comes to shipping.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/04/an-ice-free-arctic...
> the earliest ice-free conditions (the first single occurrence of an ice-free Arctic) *could* occur in 2020–2030s under all emission trajectories and are *likely* to occur by 2050