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OVER THE TOP: ARCTIC SHIPPING LANES
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OVER THE TOP: ARCTIC SHIPPING LANES

Last month, the Venta Maersk (pictured above) became the first international container ship to complete the journey from Asia to Europe through the Arctic Circle. Until now, this journey could be made only via the Indian Ocean and through the Suez Canal, or around the Cape of Good Hope and up Africa's west coast.