Figure 9.5 Map of optimal Arctic September shipping routes from the Pacific to the Atlantic: (A) 2006–2015, modeled and (B) 2040–2059, projected (reproduced from Smith and Stephenson, 2013, with permission). The red lines indicate the fastest available trans-Arctic routes for Polar Class 6 (PC6) ships (i.e., with medium ice strengthening of the hull), and the blue lines indicate the fastest transits for common open water (OW) ships (no ice strengthening of the hull). Where navigation routes overlap or coincide, the line widths indicate the number of successful transits along that route. The dashed lines represent the limits of the exclusive economic zones (EEZs).

Publication: Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region

Page number: 256

Type: Map

Caption: Figure 9.5 Map of optimal Arctic September shipping routes from the Pacific to the Atlantic: (A) 2006–2015, modeled and (B) 2040–2059, projected (reproduced from Smith and Stephenson, 2013, with permission). The red lines indicate the fastest available trans-Arctic routes for Polar Class 6 (PC6) ships (i.e., with medium ice strengthening of the hull), and the blue lines indicate the fastest transits for common open water (OW) ships (no ice strengthening of the hull). Where navigation routes overlap or coincide, the line widths indicate the number of successful transits along that route. The dashed lines represent the limits of the exclusive economic zones (EEZs).

Location: circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic,

Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk