As in previous years the Arctic Sea is opening up on the Atlantic side, north of Scandinavian countries and Russia.

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Russia is opening their Arctic sea lanes to commercial shipping.

CNN: Why we should look to the Arctic

To drill the well, engineers have devised an ingenious system of hollow "riser pipes" that create a hermetic seal between the well opening on the sea floor and the ship swaying above.

FORBES: The delicate art of sucking up

But the song builds again, the flames reach higher, and British Sea Power returns to its pumping opening lines, pushing harder and faster toward an inevitable screeching burnout.

NPR: British Sea Power: For Those Who Like to Rock

Changes in the winter wind field broke up floating sea ice to create cracks that suggest the "opening of a Venetian blind, " said Dr Serreze.

BBC: Record ice loss in Arctic

In the longer term, the project, named The Northern Gateway, will involve dredging a channel 14.5m deep a mile out to sea, to allow 300m long deep sea container vessels to dock at a new quayside, opening the North East up to new markets in the far east.

BBC: Work gets underway on Teesport's Northern Gateway

The home support became increasingly agitated as the sea of red piled forward, with Ronaldo just inches away from opening the scoring with yet another free-kick.

BBC: Inter Milan 0-0 Man Utd

Opening up big new fields on the northern Yamal peninsula and in the Barents Sea will be costly.

ECONOMIST: Reforming Russia's gas behemoth

At the Dead Sea get-together, Mr Bremer promoted trade opportunities to the assembled hundreds of businessmen, and announced the opening of a business centre in Baghdad.

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