News tagged with sea routes

Arctic shipping routes open

Satellite measurements show we are heading for another year of below-average ice cover in the Arctic. As sea ice melts during the summer months, two major shipping routes have opened in the Arctic Ocean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 26, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Flight dispatched with supplies for North Pole team

A plane set off Wednesday during a break in bad weather to re-supply three stranded British researchers, who are trapped and fighting to survive in the North Pole, organizers of the aid effort said.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1