Arctic city hopes to cash in as melting ice opens new sea route to China
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/arctic-city-new-route-china
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The city of Nadym, in the extreme north of Siberia, is one of the Earth’s least hospitable places, shrouded in darkness for half of the year, with temperatures plunging below -30C and the nearby Kara Sea semi-permanently frozen.
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But things are looking up for this Arctic conurbation halfway between Europe and China. Over the next 30 years climate change is likely to open up a polar shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, cutting travel time to Asia by 40% and allowing Russia’s vast oil and gas
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