Arctic shipping – a comparison study of northern sea route and northwest passage

• Main Author: Yen, Tingen.
• Other Authors: Lum Kit Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52678
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Arctic, with the lowest recorded temperature at -67.8ºC, is one of the iciest regions in the world. With its most distinguishable feature of sea-ice cover, the Arctic region has mostly remained unexplored and much less for shipping activities over the past decades. However, global warming ha...