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World's biggest shipping firm to test Russian Arctic route
Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said Thursday it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.
[...] "I think it is important to underline that this is a one-off trial designed to explore an unknown route for container shipping and to collect scientific data—and not the launch of a new product," von Spalding said in an email to The Associated Press.
The Northern Sea Route could be a shorter route for journeys from East Asia to Europe than the Northwest Passage over Canada because it will likely be free of ice sooner due to climate change.
Experts say it could reduce the most commonly used East Asia-Europe route via the Suez Canal from 21,000 kilometers (13,000 miles) to 12,800 kilometers (8,000 miles), cutting transit time by 10-15 days.
Von Spalding said the ship will leave Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok around Sept. 1 with a cargo of frozen fish and sail to St. Petersburg where it will arrive by the end of the month.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday August 24 2018, @10:26PM
I bought the grown plants from a nearby market.
Plant them and PROTECT THEM (squirrels or something like to dig them up/trash them) and water them well (i have a garden box). I also sprinkled clover seeds and let them take over because they 'fix' nitrogen or somethig into the soil which the asparagus loves. Compost and good soil and they are coming up well, should be able to pick some next year and then will have an abundance the year after ('they' say to plant it and then wait a year to pick... from seeds you have to wait a further year or two).
The only problems i've had are with nature: squirrels (or ??)digging them up and the asparagus bugs: it looks like they lay eggs on the asparagus branches (as it's going to seed) and then eat the asparagus outside (the 'bark'). Then the eggs hatch into a slug like thing. Squish the beetle/bugs and the slugs CONSTANTLY.
Other than that, not really anymore problem than tomatoes or potatoes. I'd go for it if you love aparagus.
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