Supply Chains

This tanker is the first to sail across the melted Arctic in winter

Polar Star, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, completes ice drills in the Arctic in this July 3, 2013 handout photo. The United States is sending the Polar Star to help free Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Snow Dragon gripped by Antarctic ice, the Coast Guard said on January 4, 2013. The Polar Star is responding to a request for assistance from Australian authorities as well as from the Russian and Chinese governments, it said in a statement. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Rachel French/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT MILITARY MARITIME POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The Eduard Toll will be the first ship to tackle the Northern Sea Route during the winter unassisted. Image: REUTERS/US Coast Guard

Rob Smith
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Eduard Toll crossing the Northern Sea Route Image: Teekay
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