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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: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Friday August 24 2018, @06:25PM
Have you seen the hilarious dialog between God and St. Francis on lawn care? http://www.comptechdoc.org/humor/garden/ [comptechdoc.org]
Another totally nutty thing is that somehow it's okay to spend your leisure time playing computer games (but even now, not everyone views games as an acceptable use of time or thinks the music composed for them could be any good) but if you spend time actually _making_ something-- I once spent a Saturday trying to use a drill press and tilt vises to carve wood into geometric shapes (before 3D printing existed)-- they look at you like you're crazy, and ask why you "wasted" your time on that. Any time you buck social norms and expectations, no matter how harmless and petty your deviation, you can get a lot of static. Most people are such sticks in the mud.