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Melting ice pulls Norway closer to Asia
2013-06-23 15:35:50| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The town of Kirkenes in northernmost Norway used to be further away from Asia than virtually any other European port, but it suddenly seems a lot closer. The reason: Global warming. Melting ice has opened up the Northern Sea Route along Russia's Arctic coastline, changing international trade patterns in profound ways -- even if so far it looks more like a sleepy county road than a busy, four-lane highway. In a change of potentially revolutionary significance, the travel time between the Japanese...
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