Northwest Passage (IMAGE)

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Northwest Passage

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Photograph of the “Yong Sheng” sailing through the Arctic Northwest Passage. The orange line on the inset map shows the route of the Northeast Passage, which is considerably shorter than the traditional Suez Canal route (green line).

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The background photo was taken by Guangfeng Wu/ COSCO on August 3, 2016

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