Proper noun
Northern Sea Route
(geography) a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian Arctic coast from the Barents Sea, along Siberia, to the Far East.
As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia. Harry Johnston
After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the scale and scope of exploration of the Kara Sea increased greatly as part of the work of developing the Northern Sea Route. Source: Internet
The size of a nuclear icebreaker fleet must be sufficient to enable regular shipping traffic in the waters of the Northern Sea Route, which goes along the northern shores of Russia and in the Arctic Ocean and ends at Cape Dezhnev. Source: Internet
The Yamal LNG project represents the largest on-going Arctic commercial investment and is a large reason for why the Northern Sea Route saw record activity in transported cargo in 2016. Source: Internet
In May of 2019, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Chinese and Russian Arctic activities along the Northern Sea Route at an Artic Council meeting, citing competing territorial claims. Source: Internet
The Northern Sea Route is approximate. Source: Internet