The entire Northern Shipping Route is now ice-free

Activity along ice-free Northern Sea Route picks up

Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute has stated that the whole Northern Shipping Route is ice-free

The institute shows that there is only some scattered ice around the Vilkitsky Strait, the area separating the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea.

Many commercial ships are making the most of the conditions with the Northern Sea Route Administration revealing that on Monday alone there were 94 vessels along the route.....

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