MONTREAL — Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage. “People usually think it's ice and glaciers and rocks.
MONTREAL — Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage.
“It’s happening at a crazy rate,” said Bernard Funston, former chairman of the Canadian Polar Commission. The ramp-up since has been striking, with bulk carriers, fuel tankers, cruise liners and research expeditions leading the charge. “The season is getting longer and the ships are getting bigger,” said Hjalti Hreinsson, a project manager at the Arctic Council.However, more ships carry the potential for more underwater noise, fuel pollution and invasive species, affecting communities and the environment in and around the passage.
In 2018, the Russian-flagged Akademik Ioffe research vessel ran aground in the passage’s Gulf of Boothia with 162 people on board, prompting rescue by a pair of Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers — and reflection on the perils of the waterway.
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