Russian tanker sails through Arctic without an icebreaker
2017 CE • The Arctic
“A Russian tanker has travelled through the northern sea route in record speed and without an icebreaker escort for the rst time, highlighting how climate change is opening up the high Arctic. The $300m Christophe de Margerie carried a cargo of lique ed natural gas (LNG) from Hammerfest in Norway to Boryeong in South Korea in 19 days... The tanker was built to take advantage of the diminishing Arctic sea ice and deliver gas from a new $27m facility on the Yamal Peninsula, the biggest Arctic LNG project so far which has been championed by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.”
Patrick Barkham, “Russian Tanker Sails through Arctic without Icebreaker for First Time.” The Guardian, August 24, 2017.
Image: Christopher Michel
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