Abstract
This chapter examines the capabilities of the northwest passage (NWP) in supporting increased shipping, including ports, ship technology, search and rescue capability, navigational aids, and governance and regulatory concerns. It also considers the shipping services provided in Russia's northern sea route (NSR) in comparison with Canada's NWP. Climate change and global warming have led to significant melting of the Arctic sea ice, creating long-term commercial shipping opportunities through Canada's NWP. Today, climate change has made commercial shipping from Asia to Europe and to the east coast of North America via the Arctic ocean a feasible, albeit seasonal, alternative to the major shipping routes through the Panama and Suez canals. Authoritative estimates vary, but in as little as twenty years Canadian Arctic navigation could be transformed through a combination of melting ice, new icebreakers, ice-tracking technologies, and proactive national investment in marine corridors and safety infrastructure. During the past several years, ice-strengthened cargo ships have traversed both the NSR and NWP.
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