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Northeast Passage

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This is a way for ships to travel.

Map of the Arctic region showing the Northeast Passage, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, and bathymetry.png
Map of the Arctic region showing the Northeast Passage, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, and bathymetry.png
It goes along the cold Arctic coast. It is near Norway and Russia. Big ships use it to move things. It is a long way through the ice. Do you like big ships?

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Northern Sea Route vs Southern Sea Route.svg
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1570 Ortelius Map of Asia (first edition)...
File:1601 De Bry and de Veer Map of Nova Zembla and the Northeast Passage - Geographicus - NovaZembla-debry-1601.jpg
1601 De Bry and de Veer Map of Nova...
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No-nb bldsa 3f201.jpg
File:Map of the Arctic region showing the Northeast Passage, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, and bathymetry.png
Map of the Arctic region showing the...
File:Arctic sea ice extent in 2013 - maximum and minimum ice extents.png
Arctic sea ice extent in 2013 - maximum...
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Arctic Ocean Seaports.png
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Nuclear icebreaker 50 Years Since Victory...
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