The island

It seems you can now sail around the Arctic if you should want to. The ice has melted enough that there are, for the first time in recorded history, sailing passages around both the north of Canada and Russia allowing boats to circumnavigate the ice. Of course, for some this is a good thing: Shipping companies are already getting ready to exploit the new routes. The Bremen-based Beluga Group says it will send the... [read full story]