International Shipping Companies: Russia

MURMANSK, RUSSIA An Arctic Winter Storm Dept: So far north, rescue teams are usually a very distant hope, according to The Star. Yet as the Arctic climate warms, and vast polar ice sheets melt, international shipping companies are eagerly eyeing two routes across the top of the world one along Russia s northern coast, the other through waters claimed by Canada and mURMANSK, RUSSIA An Arctic winter storm is a vision of terror for seamen: hurricane force winds battering heaving decks encased in thick ice, an ordeal that can drag on for days cloaked in darkness. The sinking of a Russian oil rig Sunday in a howling gale off the coast of Sakhalin, on Russia s Far East coast, left 53 crew members confirmed dead or lost at sea, and added a new chapter to the harrowing lore of Arctic navigation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.