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Arctic Ocean thaw helps Russian shipping as old ice blows west
OLD Russian ice flows are blowing towards Canada and Alaska in the current summer thaw, providing an unusual aid to shipping along the Northern Sea Route, reports Genoa's Medi Telegraph.
Old ice can build up into hull-tearing ridges perhaps 20 metres thick, said the report.
"Winds are blowing the ice out of the Northern Sea Route along the coast of Russia," said Jeremy Mathis, Arctic research director of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
"The old ice is like a bar of butter straight out of the freezer, hard as rock. The new ice is like warm butter," said Global Environment & Technology Foundation Arctic expert Robert Corell.
Russian shipping in the Arctic is benefiting from winds that are driving the oldest and thickest sea ice towards North America, said the report.
The thinning Russian ice could help liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, due to start exports from Russia's Yamal Peninsula in late 2017, to navigate an icy route east to Asia for more than a planned six months of the year, they said.
Old ice can build up into hull-tearing ridges perhaps 20 metres thick, said the report.
"Winds are blowing the ice out of the Northern Sea Route along the coast of Russia," said Jeremy Mathis, Arctic research director of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
"The old ice is like a bar of butter straight out of the freezer, hard as rock. The new ice is like warm butter," said Global Environment & Technology Foundation Arctic expert Robert Corell.
Russian shipping in the Arctic is benefiting from winds that are driving the oldest and thickest sea ice towards North America, said the report.
The thinning Russian ice could help liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, due to start exports from Russia's Yamal Peninsula in late 2017, to navigate an icy route east to Asia for more than a planned six months of the year, they said.
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