NGOs fear sailing at the Arctic

A unique opportunity for shipping? Or a unique destruction of nature? The ice is melting at the Arcting, which makes shipowners and the oil industry giddy with excitement while the environmental organizations are sounding all their alarms.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Environmental distater or golden business opportunity. The story of the Arctic adventure hinges on who's narrating it. The NGOs fear the worst for one of the world's most vulnerable regions, while the industry eyes an opportunity for revenue and acces to raw materials that are in heavy demand from, especially, the developing countries.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 7 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
  • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    Further reading