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.
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