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So as many of you know the arctic is getting much warmer and at a much faster rate than the rest of the world. And in the past couple years the arctic has melted to such an extent that many ships have decided to travel through the arctic rather then using the traditional routs of using the Suez/panama canals, and years go by it stands to reason that more more will follow suit. So which of the existing arctic ports do you think will see a large boom from this new shipping route, or perhaps some will be built from scratch, or do you thing the arctic sea routes will never become major shipping routes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_shipping_routes
I forgot to add Canada into the poll so if that is your answer vote for "there will be no boom" sorry
Here are some of the existing cities and their populations in the arctic region.
I personally voted for Russia since it is home to the largest arctic cities (Murmansk and Arkhangelsk) and they have more ports dotting its long arctic coast than Canada. Russia also has the largest amount of ice breakers and are investing a lot into this future. However I think that Alaska and Norway will also experience a lot of activity as they are the gateways to the arctic. Greenland and Iceland will also see huge benefits, but since they are islands, with small populations and isolated form the rest of the world they won't see as much activity as the others that I mentioned. Canada will probably do the worst as they have very few arctic ports but who knows they might surprise me.
Canada will develop a northern port due to the Northwest passage opening, a result of global warming. This is a reality; the arctic is warming up and sea ice is melting very rapidly. The polar icecap is disintegrating.
Areas that were previously iced over year round will be open to shipping transport in a few years. This will also mean business for Alaska. So expect the U.S. to show great interest in shipping via Canada. Via Russia, not so much.
Canada will develop a northern port due to the Northwest passage opening, a result of global warming. This is a reality; the arctic is warming up and sea ice is melting very rapidly. The polar icecap is disintegrating.
Areas that were previously iced over year round will be open to shipping transport in a few years. This will also mean business for Alaska. So expect the U.S. to show great interest in shipping via Canada. Via Russia, not so much.
That might be so but Europe is a much larger market than the eastern US/Canada, and the fastest route for Europe is along Russia's coast rather than Canada's. Either way cities near the barring strait such as Nome and Anadyr will probably see some of the largest booms in the Arctic since all the traffic at one point will go through the strait.
Considering Russia's massive size makes me want to vote for it however I could see Barrow and a town in Svalbard, Norway being big. Lots of oil and stuff up there, right?
I personally voted for Russia since it is home to the largest arctic cities (Murmansk and Arkhangelsk) and they have more ports dotting its long arctic coast than Canada. Russia also has the largest amount of ice breakers and are investing a lot into this future. However I think that Alaska and Norway will also experience a lot of activity as they are the gateways to the arctic. Greenland and Iceland will also see huge benefits, but since they are islands, with small populations and isolated form the rest of the world they won't see as much activity as the others that I mentioned. Canada will probably do the worst as they have very few arctic ports but who knows they might surprise me.
Murmansk has some potential. The ice breakers are being used for tourism.
They're all still going to be damn cold, so don't expect them to boom too much.
Not tourism, but there is oil in some of those locations, so there is an oil boom happening. Well, wait, maybe tourism. Some of those places are interesting to travel to and to see.
If ports become usable for international shipping, there will certainly be some development. Not major cities, but a lot more than is there now.
Not tourism, but there is oil in some of those locations, so there is an oil boom happening. Well, wait, maybe tourism. Some of those places are interesting to travel to and to see.
If ports become usable for international shipping, there will certainly be some development. Not major cities, but a lot more than is there now.
Here is a map showing potential oil and gas fields in the arctic.
I think Canada should develop Tuktoyaktuk and Churchill as deep water arctic ports. Both already have or will soon have land connections to the rest of the country. I think we need to attract people to move up there and build thriving communities that can take advantage of the new shipping routes. Ideally it would be great to have both with populations of around 100,000 or so to solidify our presence up there.
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