Arctic Global Impact

Russian-administered shipping route along the Siberian coast between the Kara Gate and the Bering Strait.

5/5 segments assessed · updated under 1h ago

Northwest Passage

Severely constrained

Set of routes through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago connecting Baffin Bay with the Beaufort Sea.

6/6 segments assessed · updated under 1h ago

Barents / Norwegian Gateway

Approach corridor from the Norwegian Sea along the north Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.

2/2 segments assessed · updated under 1h ago

Bering Strait

Chokepoint between the Pacific and the Arctic Ocean shared by Russia and the United States.

1/1 segments assessed · updated under 1h ago

North Atlantic & GIUK Approaches

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Strategic transit corridor between Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom linking the Atlantic to the Norwegian Sea.

2/2 segments assessed · updated under 1h ago

Transpolar Sea Route

Severely constrained

Hypothetical central Arctic Ocean route across the North Pole. Scenario route — not a standard operational route.

1/1 segments assessed · updated under 1h ago · scenario route

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