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Full Speed Ahead Through the Northeast Passage

February 25, 2022

The oceans awaken our desire for discovery and can create economic dreams. With ice caps melting the shipping industry hopes for new trade routes and the deep sea beckons with valuable treasures - like manganese nodules.

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For decades the Arctic ice has been melting earlier and earlier - giving shipping companies hope of a new trade route between Europe and Asia: the Northeast Passage. How is the industry preparing for it?

 

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Manganese nodules - deep sea treasure trove

There is treasure hidden at the bottom of the deep blue sea: manganese nodules. They could provide valuable metals for batteries, electric cars and solar panels. But harvesting them would destroy the deep-sea ecosystem. What are these nuggets?

 

 

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