Breaking the Ice: The Northern Sea Route

... peak of 1987 a total of 6.5 million tons of cargo was transported via the NSR by the USSR, which then fell to a historic low just shy of 1.5 million in the dusk of 1998’s... ... construction can be shared. For Russia major Arctic projects lack both, as construction on permafrost is far from easy and the constantly dwindling population due to migration... ... government successfully tackles this region and stimulates the progress of the NSR, energy and other industries (e.g. fishing), it may reverse the migration flows with...