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For centuries, polar bears have enjoyed Arctic waters by themselves. But now, they are getting company in summer.
Last summer, China sent its first icebreaker, the Snow Dragon, over the top of Russia, from Shanghai t08lceland.
This summer, the Yong Sheng, a freighter（货船）operated by China's COSCO shipping company, became the first Chinese merchant ship to take the shortcut. It sailed from Shanghai to Rotterdam, cutting two weeks off the usual route, through Egypt's Suez Canal.
Satellite photos by the U.S. space agency, NASA, show that the white Arctic ice around the North Pole shrinks every summer. It is replaced by more and more open water, which appears black in the photos.
Even Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees with the American scientists.
"It is absolutely clear now that the climate is changing. Everyone is talking about this," he said in a forum held here recently. "It is clear now that the northern latitudes can be-y open for shipping for 100 days or perhaps 150 days, and that new regions are opening up for economic activity."
While Russia invests in more icebreakers, Arctic experts gathered at the forum say they see growing opportunities for trade. Felix Tschudi, chairman of a Norwegian shipping company, has shipped iron ore (铁矿) from northern Norway to China. "We believe that the potential of the Northern Sea Route is large," said Tschudi, a promoter of the route. "It will not be like an explosion. In 2010, there were four ships using the shortcut. In
