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Could the Arctic rewrite global trade?
Business Daily
Mar 24, 2026

We explore the potential and the challenges for Arctic shipping. As global warming causes sea ice to retreat, passages are opening up through this vast frozen Arctic Ocean. We explore what these routes are, who’s using them, and examine the players with big ambitions to develop these shipping shortcuts.

We also take a closer look at the realities of operating in extreme conditions so far north, asking if the rewards really outweigh the risks?

And we hear from local Arctic leaders, concerned about the growing shipping traffic. Might the global trade map really be redrawn?

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Presented and produced by Adrienne Murray

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(Picture: Arctic ship leaving Tasiilaq in Greenland after having unloaded at the docks in the harbour. Credit: Getty Images)

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Could the Arctic rewrite global trade?

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