Voice of America: Russia Hopes Climate Change Maximizes Arctic Shipping

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Russia Hopes Climate Change Maximizes Arctic Shipping Nov 28th 2012, 17:06 Americans may have seen the downside of climate change when Hurricane Sandy bashed into New Jersey and New York City in October. Some scientists say melting Arctic ice helped to create the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. Russians and Chinese, however, see an upside to ice melting in the Arctic. On Wednesday, Russia's Arctic summer shipping season closed, recording record ship transits and record cargo volumes. There were 47 crossings by ships between Asia and Europe - almost 12 times ... Media files: 1BC0FC02-8E39-4085-A88F-35944AC1D123_cx0_cy4_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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