The Arctic has many opportunities and challenges to develop. Tourism is a major source of income as is trade through the ice infested waters of the Northwest and the Northeast Passages.
The Arctic: Dynamic Tools and Infrastructure
It is vital that researchers are deployed safely, and new systems are constantly being deployed - such as the RRS (Royal Research Ship) Sir David Attenborough, CryoSat 2, autonomous vehicles and computer modelling - to understand the past and predict the future.
Concrete Sea
Indigenous peoples, such as the Inuit have around 80 terms or words to describe the state of the sea ice.
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Breaking the ice
Ice-strengthened vessels sail through these shipping lanes throughout the winter with the help if Icebreakers.
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