China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks When Marco Rubio suggested that the world should look to new shipping lanes to bypass the logjammed strait of Hormuz, it’s unlikely he had the Arctic’s...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/17/strait-hormuz-alternative-china-ships-north-sea-route-arctic-ice-silk-road)