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There are 3 Arctic routes, will Russia be the biggest winner on the routes?

I think Russia will be the winner on the route.

It is well known that global warming will lead to polar ice. In fact, it does. The increased intensity of sunlight in the Arctic, due to rising average global temperatures and the cyclical ozone layer over the Arctic, has accelerated the massive melting of glaciers. Continuing northward. Rising sea levels and international climate anomalies due to melting glaciers are real disasters, but huge business opportunities are also spreading: the Arctic routes. The traditional Arctic routes consist of two; one is the Northeast Passage, which runs from northern Europe eastward through the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the Novosibirsk Sea and the Chukchi Sea. Until the Bering Strait; the other is the ? Northwest Passage? which starts in the Bering Strait and runs eastward along the offshore of northern Alaska through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago to Davis Strait. If all Arctic glaciers melt over time, the route across the North Pole would be the shortest and best route.

Of these three routes, with the exception of the unusable Arctic Point route, there is no doubt that the Northeast route is more competitive than the Northwest route because it connects Asia and Europe. If it officially opens, it will make Russia the biggest winner along the coast. True or false, huh? Of course not. The commercial value is not outstanding Compared to the traditional routes through the Mediterranean Sea around the Suez Canal and the Cape of Good Hope, the Arctic route saves at least 1/3 of the distance traveled on the voyage and saves at least 9 days of sailing time. This is very important for the shipping industry where time is money. The problem is that even if the Arctic passage were to open, the ice floes around the passage would be the biggest navigational hazard since Arctic glacial melt does not happen overnight. In fact, during the summer months, the so-called Arctic waterway may be unimpeded. The rest of the year will inevitably be frozen due to the onset of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This will continue at least until after 2050. It also suggests that the route itself is fraught with huge risks and that it is not as efficient as expected.

In addition to greatly shortening the voyage, the opening of the Arctic Strait theoretically saves on tolls through the Suez Canal. But the problem is that the Arctic Strait essentially passes through Russian offshore and even Russian territorial waters, which means that even though the route has escaped the U.S. neck of the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca, it is still inevitably stripped of its skin by Russia. Historical analysis from ancient times to the present makes it difficult for Russia to wait for the opportunity to have a free ride. Russia has long proclaimed its Arctic sovereignty in the international community and insisted that the Northeast Strait is a Russian domestic route, not an international waterway. I'm afraid everyone in the world knows what happened.