Russian Tanker Just Set an Arctic Speed Record

A Russian tanker just set two Arctic records. The ship not only traveled through the Arctic in record time, but has done so without the use of an icebreaker escort.

The Christophe de Margerie, owned by the Russian shipping company sovcomflot carried a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Norway to South Korea in 19 days, 30 percent faster than traditional southern shipping routes through the Suez Canal. It traveled the Northern Sea Route, Russian Arctic coast from the Kara Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Strait in just 6 days, 12 hours, and 15 minutes