Globe and Mail: There is a continuing debate about the possible emergence of an "Arctic shipping boom' in Canada. Recent headlines outline both cargo shippers' plans to increase voyages through the Northwest Passage and an interminable list of risks associated with this possibility, while other stories call for a reality check and for promoters of the so-called boom in Arctic shipping to curb their excitement.
In a recently published article in the journal Climate Change, a group of climate change researchers...