As Arctic ice melts, polluting ships stream into polar waters
Even the COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed the growth of Arctic shipping.
August 31, 2020
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LONDON — As melting sea ice opens more of the Arctic to navigation, more ships are plying the loosely regulated polar waters, bringing increasing amounts of climate-warming pollution, a Reuters analysis of new shipping and fuel-consumption data shows.
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