Russian tanker cuts a previously impossible path through the warming Arctic

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BY ALEXANDRA ODYNOVA

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 / 10:33 AM/ CBS NEWShttps://www.cbsnews.com/embed/video/?v=90e7edd0f15ac3c6b9d88895f2cc4fde#xVZZb9w2EP4rgh4L06JuaYGisJsCTZumhp08FN5gwWO0y5o6Skp7IPB%2F71DS7tpu0CAB0sIwlqLm%2FGbmG3302dC3nWYHf9GbAS78rZLQ%2BouPvuqhtv7i%2FqPfHzrwF%2F62lf6FryQeK8l4GlcpSWRUkgTwVFaxJGlOqwKSgoeCoWzd7W%2Bheu00HviN4lv9182r1wf4vWyu1S%2B3v5XFH4dd%2FjM1byxKWz2sUdKABWbEBowlom2EHiQQzcwabE%2FwRa8EgX0HUvWqbVCvV7128d2eFb1KNcpuvFnNuxrVvGdqEh5QCQ%2FVoPWnbByd%2F6sVwZq2UYLpd19roVc1vmJ15y%2FCjKZZlCR5SinFCAfDRqFFRNPz4xvGQaMnGi%2BiFA3o6bnBNLA8NUNPrn7Wwb7p%2B84ulsEyENw2sLPxJR4U%2BsM4LkVbL4PNwJeBWgZmGUQ0ossgDPE%2FXwZJWVBgIiRJlEusdJaRIg5LElYx41Ums4qiZr8Zat4wpZdBltB9nKGFJC0qWYlYVHkIBU9Zjr3CoRIp4wXl%2BRQNqQaL6ZAvKzg5OSRpUeZJSWa3l392a0Rj88m0o2%2BYdhgVdJ87EyyLKeM0FWkqYxlmBZOQ5YngOeNZGolvl%2Ffjhd8Z2CrYvTf6GQC200rAJav1%2BlK1GGOHSW8j%2FHeDvgw%2BN5jLYDa8DPwTOzyx35lWXiI1jG8uZ7gniOcHdIUgb7R9iXRYRDQvaBaGRYYBjWnlq1GwZrYHc1nHQ3H0Gv3nbqvW1KxHt6xzII7Dtwz2pO5g%2Ff72DUoML8De7XbPY5lB%2FrJSj0gr%2B7ruWheOv6iYtkjNSNRKjNTserxgcS6ylBPBZUISLjjhVGak4q59o7wM8%2BLMqi4qNx0KjAsE6f5%2BuvuAncMMNP07Z%2F0tqx2J%2FXh99%2Fap9PVhenE%2FvfmA7Qadsq3EuxB9ALOOpvzQOYR1jeamF0OH3WPtKQWm9ZUQeHOtW%2FFwIi373oK5G7gVRnGQJ3HbtY1tzVFuA%2FurV1CxQbuq0Av888fb6%2FNtXF4k6UVaOmY1TDyoZu0gw2pY0RoYz9hKMaUpLTIk8GTOd66Z4%2FQMr75zLvGhsSvbr9YOFVfW6YZ1K%2BbyfbsMrvxHRKMe9jem7cD0h18BwfWjJAfJ0iwOcxmmSZmUYRTHLM78R0S8hp6NHI0h9rA%2BuDPebVo5dRs0cjQ7F68C1g8GJBFuBYBbw%2FNOxoARIgf3eQ%2FiEYccD6f2229wEkSrNYipv05qy%2BCl7WXwg7Ir3a7XIFeq%2BZ46bnmKpLI%2FNYxrV6Xpi4EZbF8NVwPGb9yyv%2FdplcqwhISwqkQiLStJiohTZK4wyQueMZ7nrvOeqR5bjGnYs0Ya5rXy0LRb9kRy%2FJaQVZZFgoeEyrwiSZ5JUkaiIJJTniRFEUeV6%2FxZ5WbgrzAxVxMaoU5EotgL00UcL5LoLHbc32awVrHG61nzAMYTQ2895o0c2A5WHzzlxtIqRMDrWL%2Fx%2Bo1ph7X7BW%2FHTI0wedNIPzF%2BrFbTI%2Bir%2Bda12qkoM3AZoxnNOIEoxa%2BrMkwRwpCTCPKoFEWMa7VycJz1jqgJjau%2FB09sWIPd%2BsF94GyR%2BWfXEuwD8sdILK9g69Dw3eSvjwKuuVfum8%2BNMP7%2BrBzz3Pu71mjpzLnLu8knik%2FX0%2B1sAQfdjavaIg7A%2FZmvxoplNE%2BrhBYkTwtJwhAiUsowIpSGRQUFo5TTo8JMQUcHmJbCuU5OWN61gxEwUZo3jyQ32DA3mvWOskePMwuvXHyrc%2FLucXYwSzi3wLQaatfcuFYqpZ%2B8dgooAo2DzC0dNw6nj76Xy%2FYf%2FD8tormnyNRTxPUUYeTcU%2BTcU8T1FJl7Cn%2BBzD01r4lxN9S4KNhNa8dtMaOvgcm5ov9TVM71jO23cjHy2WfT%2B9ql%2B%2Fj4Nw%3D%3D

Moscow— A Russian natural gas tanker has completed an experimental round trip along the Northern Sea Route — the first time the path across the Arctic has been forged at this time of year. The voyage by the Christophe de Margerie tanker through the ice is the latest visual indicator ofclimate change in the delicate region.

The tanker, run by the Sovcomflot shipping company, returned to the remote Russian gas terminal at Sabetta on February 19, taking Russia one step closer to its goal of year-round commercial navigation through the warming Arctic.https://www.cbsnews.com/embed/video/?v=90e7edd0f15ac3c6b9d88895f2cc4fde#xVZta9xGEP4rQh%2BL97Srdx2UYselCQ2OYydQsMKxb7rbWG%2FRSuc7gv97ZyTdneMWQkOSYsxJq9mZ2WeefWY%2Bu3zom7bke3dZ8NLqM3drlG7c5WfX9Lqy7vLus9vvW%2B0u3W2j3DPXKHjkKhYxz1JSiDAgIVWcpJQVJBG%2BLwoVsThNwbZqdze6eIU73safbv762KaXf7zhw83%2B8u2ViI3%2F6WWZvQvOzYuXYG3LYQ2WdcM5sdLouje2t8TyPeGd7I0kxhK54fXa1GvCe8JrwkveVfja8V6Dj970JeZ69eb83Dk5ccCJcz46cYx1Dk4c3ju8dhaLBWxV%2Bh42wkMxlOU3%2BcndQzq568wJSV43tZG8fPe9PPam0rbnVesuWUyTOExpHFFK4QQDmJimdpdhlp5eX3OhS4hM0yXDqpTTew3HhHJWfK0t1ttimTZ939pl7uWeFLbWD9ZfwAMkCp7kQjZV7m0GkXsm97rc86lPc4%2F58M9yjwecST9ISVaklISBVoRHUhMhtMgKHnGRZLnXb4ZK1NyUuReHdBfE4KFQgkepDJJCBkGWRqGMWFIUURQHNEwyPmVDisHCcci3E4Qcg5OYwh8jcwqLj%2B0akNn8KwTBD4SA%2BSndJegikypUAQvSJIwZLQIqCpZonaSKQqpF8nMweDxz205vjX5435VfgGHb0ki94FW5XpgGjtoCAFs49ygYufe1C557s%2BPcc48q88R%2F2zVqARIzflnM0E9wzy8QCgDflPY56iwFmvghC1gcpEArOFaUrUbDitted4sqGNJDVP%2Bnhy2aruI9ymaLII6XMvd2pGr1%2Bv3Na7AYnoH98PDwZS4zyN9e9hF1Y19VbYOpHeUe1N%2FIUe6R%2BykPEhlHgkihQhIKKYigKgaZp5pLP8lYkp6UGjPEW2N0B0lsoIfcTWsfgEW8gyTfofcrXqHwvbi4vXpqfbGfPtxNXz4A9XRrbKNgjUEMzS1KmcswoF5X4G76MLTAJGuPR%2BBleS4lrFyUjbw%2FCpt9b3V3OwgrOyO0Oprbtqlt0x3sNnp3fqkLPpRYIXoGf%2B64enFaDbKzMDqLMlTfjst7ABUhg8pY2XR6fAZaBZRGNI1B9MP5vHP9sA%2FEsPQLhoSX2q5sv1ojKljiaYW3K47nvcq9c%2FfxEVtHi0yx%2F02WD7u%2BfiMXXInVrsKEqmF33TWt7vr9nxrq6PphohUH%2FWWJYlGYhRnzg4AHsfsIxa10z8eW0SO11nt8hrVNoyaS61qNJ5h5MpKXNFvdwaBB2qYdgJmI5TRXQPpQEizvqX%2FDIwgMPBypv9vALZRNWWo53Z%2FjttnkeYDc%2B83YVdms11qtTP0rRXF7Wj5jf6%2B5KJEafTcgkTpAs9TnA5ykw6nlzqVFpFimQ8KLjJEwKxRJfUFJlLIwSWEGEkmCdP9i64HXvNQ7XquOO43a182WP7EchyJVxLEvBSNUJQUJk1iRzJcpUYKKMEzTwC%2Fwus1brgdxiSMAVIf6sMcnfuCwaBkEy9A%2FmR0GjW6w1sAM0fP6XneOHGDY4M4ows1gy71jUAusAQSclvcbp990zbDGX%2B08TNLhTOLyxPmhZHUPyK%2FmVeT3sTIzcDHH7iKI9qMIgGMRQMgE8XXiZzINClUUCMdp3wE1WcJM0utpFNJooyBleQittL0H0RrV7FJvEQ0X5WZ9MMDrscLhFXUDfl8alLs796HpSoXucPF2ignm0%2FK0OnsAdUGNMFvAQQt3FsmxYjBwRUVIU5JEqSKMaZ9kivmEUpYWOuWUCnrYMOveIcAAcjQHwJkQBzFTGZCX8IjubTN0Uk%2FK6szKIDqg0HXJe%2BwiYw6zBKww49UJDnydQ84WmIjmpRkqpDt0usKUTz7jBjDRNYKIfdB9fDKvPu%2F%2F%2F2hJU2%2BcWUYmlhFkGeHkxDJyYhlBlpGZZfCrycyyuYWNLarSyvDrBnKD8sxw6Qr1eyry%2F5QWhp7B%2FVEhRhH76vG%2BxyDw%2BPg3

The LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker set out from the Chinese port of Jiangsu on January 27 after delivering its cargo. It entered the Northern Sea Route, which traverses Russia’s north coast, a few days later near Cape Dezhnev, where it was met…

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