Northeast Passage
Siberian sea corridor
The Northeast Passage is the sea route along the northern coasts of Europe and Asia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Arctic waters.
It runs from the Norwegian Sea eastward past Siberia to the Bering Strait.
Historically frozen for most of the year, climate change has made it increasingly navigable: Cargo ships are now using the Northeast Passage as a shortcut between Europe and Asia.
Russia's eastern expanse
- Bering StraitChannel linking two oceans
- MurmanskArctic Circle Russian seaport
- continental shelfSubmerged perimeter of landmass
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
Tension-easing social activity
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- sea iceFrozen ocean surface
ice floe · pack ice · Arctic Ocean · polar bear · walrus · aurora borealis · midnight sun · polar night
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
- unchartedNot yet documented
- terra incognitaUnexplored or unknown region
cartography · charted · logbook · scurvy · overwintering · circumnavigation · failed attempts · pioneers
Tension-easing social activity
- maritimeOf the sea
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- chartsVisual data displays
- sea lanesDesignated ocean passages
pilotage · shipping lane · radar · sonar · satellite navigation · convoy · escort · navigable
Maritime freight pathway
- cargoTransported goods
- transitMovement between places
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- exportForeign-bound sale
import · oil tanker · container ship · commercial shipping · cost savings · shipping time · natural gas
Siberia
Russia's eastern expanse
- Bering StraitChannel linking two oceans
- MurmanskArctic Circle Russian seaport
- continental shelfSubmerged perimeter of landmass
icebreaker
Tension-easing social activity
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
sea ice · ice floe · pack ice · Arctic Ocean · polar bear · walrus · aurora borealis · midnight sun · polar night · subzero
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
terra incognita · cartography · charted · logbook · scurvy · overwintering · circumnavigation · failed attempts · pioneers
icebreaker
Tension-easing social activity
sea lanes · pilotage · shipping lane · radar · sonar · satellite navigation · convoy · escort · navigable · transit time
shipping route
Maritime freight pathway
- cargoTransported goods
- transitMovement between places
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
export · import · oil tanker · container ship · commercial shipping · cost savings · shipping time · natural gas
Northeast PassagePanama Canal
Interoceanic shipping route
Suez Canal · Cape Horn · Cape of Good Hope · Strait of Magellan · Strait of Malacca
northeast, north, east, passage, northern, northerly, northward, norther, northeastern