An ice gorge has blocked the shipping lane.
This 805-kilometre stretch is a shipping lane of equal importance to the Panama and Suez canals, but it has a shallow point only 25 metres deep, limiting passing ships' draught to 20 metres.
An ice gorge has blocked the shipping lane.
This 805-kilometre stretch is a shipping lane of equal importance to the Panama and Suez canals, but it has a shallow point only 25 metres deep, limiting passing ships' draught to 20 metres.