- Both sides are interested in these [projects], Zubkov said upon completing a working visit to Canada, RIA Novosti reports.
The Arctic Bridge is a seasonal sea route linking Murmansk in Northern Russia with Churchill in Hudson Bay, Canada. Now, the route is only easily navigable about four months of the year, but it will become more and more viable as the climate warms.
The Arctic Air Corridor is a planned flight route between Krasnoyarsk and Winnipeg.
The first shipment on the Arctic Bridge was conducted in October 2007, when the Murmansk Shipping Company’s vessel “Kapitan Sviridov” transported nitrogen fertilizers to Churchill.
The concept of an “Arctic Bridge”, with a hub in Churchill, was proposed by Canadians in the early 1990s, according to Wikipedia.
