This was a very interesting article, and actually reminded me of a video I watched a while ago about the town of Barentsburg in northern Norway, which is inhabited by ethnic Russians and owned by...
This was a very interesting article, and actually reminded me of a video I watched a while ago about the town of Barentsburg in northern Norway, which is inhabited by ethnic Russians and owned by the Russian government. I can't claim to be an expert on shipping lanes, but one wonders whether the increasing use of these new arctic routes will lead to existing trade hubs getting a smaller piece of the pie, and the geopolitical conflicts that will result over these tiny settlements. (Of course, I can't help but find this whole discussion very ominous due to the underlying reality that these new routes are becoming possible due to climate change.)
This was a very interesting article, and actually reminded me of a video I watched a while ago about the town of Barentsburg in northern Norway, which is inhabited by ethnic Russians and owned by the Russian government. I can't claim to be an expert on shipping lanes, but one wonders whether the increasing use of these new arctic routes will lead to existing trade hubs getting a smaller piece of the pie, and the geopolitical conflicts that will result over these tiny settlements. (Of course, I can't help but find this whole discussion very ominous due to the underlying reality that these new routes are becoming possible due to climate change.)