In 2005 a Russian ship sailed to the North Pole without icebreaker help for the first time. Scientists who study our climate state that the Arctic will be open to commerce for five months out of the year. Eventually if global warming continues ships may be able to sail through a Northwest Passage created by the melting ice. As the Arctic ice melts, new areas of natural resource development will open up. Of course, the bad news is that some of our largest cities may in time be under water. The classic good news bad news scenario.
2007-03-25
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