This lack of maritime surveillance and disaster preparedness is not unique to the great circle route, but the nasty local conditions are.

ECONOMIST: Shipwrecks in the Aleutians

The archipelago is a hazardous traffic median in the great circle route, the shortest path between ports on either side of the North Pacific.

ECONOMIST: Shipwrecks in the Aleutians

It is the first orbital rail route for London since the Circle Line on London Underground was built in 1884.

BBC: London