Shipping transit traffic along the Arctic's Northern Sea Route (NSR) rose by 59% in 2021 compared with previous years.

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Russia's Public Council of the Northern Sea Route, which was formed by state atomic agency Rosatom in 2019, logged over 2 million tonnes (mt) of traffic by 17 December 2021 compared with 1.3