Swedish icebreaking tug through Northeast Passage
The Russian nuclear icebreaker “Rossiya” has sailed to the Bering Strait to meet the Swedish icebreaking tug “Tor Viking”, which is planning to go through the Northeast Passage to Europe.
The sailing season on the Northern Sea Route officially ended a month ago.
The nuclear icebreaker has made the journey from the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait using the high-latitude route to the north of the Novosibirsk Islands. This is the first time in history this is being done in the winter season, Nord-News.ru reports.
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“Rossiya” will escort the Swedish icebreaking tug “Tor Viking” from the Bering Strait to the western parts of the Northern Sea Route, a journey that is expected to take two weeks, Vesti.ru reports.
The captain of “Rossiya” Aleksander Spirin believes that a transit journey this late in the year will prove that it is possible to extend the sailing season on the Northern Sea Route to also include late autumn and winter periods.
