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Shipping shortcut.(GRAPH IT/OCEANS)(the Northwest Passage)(Brief article)
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Meltdown: A trip from Europe to Asia through the Northwest Passage would be 7,408 km (4,000 nautical mi) shorter than one through the Panama Canal.
For centuries, explorers sought the Northwest Passage as a shortcut for trade passing between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Most expeditions were thwarted by impassable ice covering the Arctic Ocean. That is until last September, when the once-fabled Passage was ice-free for the first time in recent history.
Each summer, sea ice in the Arctic melts to its annual minimum. This year it hit a record low of 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles)--having lost 10 times more ice than the average yearly amount for the past 10 years and clearing the Northwest Passage. "The ...
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