The Northwest Passage

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by ebacon

From the wiki article:

"There has been speculation that with the advent of climate change the passage may become clear enough of ice to again permit safe commercial shipping for at least part of the year."

It says "again permit safe passage". When did it freeze closed?

It has never been ice-free in recorded history.

The thing about an ice-free Arctic is that it makes drilling for offshore oil deposits in places like the Alaskan North Shore Siberia a hell of a lot easier, safer and most of all cheaper, especially since you can ship the oil via tanker instead of by long and dangerous pipelines. Just what Dr. Petro ordered!

No wonder the oil companies and their tame legislators try to trash climate science at every opportunity.

John