You know what’s funny about this? China is really big on helping Russia with the arctic seaway “so they can get a better route to access Europe”. The “Arctic Silk Road.”
Now look at China on Google Earth or Maps and follow the route up over Russia and back down into Europe. It is WAYYY longer than taking the Suez route through the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
But... if you look at the route on the Gleeson’s map, it makes sense and is seemingly a shorter route than the Suez.
If you look on any standard map of the world, or google earth ora globe it is probably 3-4x longer to sail north around Russia than it is to go through the Suez. However looking at the route of a “topgraphical” or flat earth map, the route is much shorter and makes sense to pursue.
You know what’s funny about this? China is really big on helping Russia with the arctic seaway “so they can get a better route to access Europe”. The “Arctic Silk Road.”
Now look at China on Google Earth or Maps and follow the route up over Russia and back down into Europe. It is WAYYY longer than taking the Suez route through the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
But... if you look at the route on the Gleeson’s map, it makes sense and is seemingly a shorter route than the Suez.
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Alternatively, is it shorter than the southern passage, and cheaper than paying for passage through the canal?
If you look on any standard map of the world, or google earth ora globe it is probably 3-4x longer to sail north around Russia than it is to go through the Suez. However looking at the route of a “topgraphical” or flat earth map, the route is much shorter and makes sense to pursue.
You didn't answer either of my Questions. in fact, you avoided answering my Questions. So I will ask them again:
Is the Northern passage shorter than going south past the tip of South Africa?
Is taking the northern passage cheaper than the fees incurred by using the the Sues Canal?
My Questions are of course, based on a globe based Earth model.
Now for a third Question. Do you suppose, people use the Sues Canal due to racketeering concerns and payments incurred due to money laundering?
yes on a FE model, no on a Globe.
no, due to short season and massive ice breaking costs.
Personally no. The Suez is a legitimate international hub. You do not often here of racketeering or piracy in the area.