The 'Polar Bear Capital' with Arctic gateway ambitions
Canada is weighing whether a year-round northern trade route to Europe from Churchill, Manitoba, is viable, as climate change speeds Arctic warming.
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The 'Polar Bear Capital' with Arctic gateway ambitions9 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNadine YousifSenior Canada reporter, Churchill, Manitoba Eloise Alanna/BBC NewsChurchill mayor Mike Spence is hoping his town's port can serve as a hub for shorter shipping from Canada to Europe The Port of Churchill sits idle for most of the year, blanketed by snow and frozen by the bitter cold climate of Canada's sub-Arctic. It's only operational in the summer for four months, sometimes five.But where weather is a hindrance, it has geography on its side - the northern Manitoba port sits on the Hudson Bay, a vast body of water with a direct route through the Bay's strait into the Labrador Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean.From there, cargo ships sail more quickly to Europe, and can reach…
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