Northern Sea Route

English thumb|200px|Northern Sea Route (blue) and alternative route through Suez Canal (red) Proper noun 1 Northern Sea Route NSR en shipping A shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian Arctic coast from the Barents Sea, along Siberia, to the Far East. weekend 2026-10-03 The new Great Game w:Rana Foroohar Life & Arts 2 Just as control of chokepoints such as the Khyber Pass or the Caspian Sea was crucial to British and Russian strategy, so the Northern Sea Route has become a Chinese hedge against blockage of the Suez and Panama canals, and global ports and agricultural land a hedge against trade wars. Synonyms en Northeast Passage Coordinate terms en Northwest Passage Silk Road Maritime Silk Road Spice Route Translations a shipping lane in the Arctic Ocean Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 北方海路 Běifāng hǎilù, cmn 東北航線 Dōngběi hángxiàn Finnish: fi Koillisväylä, fi Pohjoinen meritie French: fr passage du Nord-Est m, fr route maritime du nord f German: de Nordostpassage f Japanese: ja 北極海航路 ほっきょくかいこうろ, Hokkyoku kaikōro, ja 北方航路 ほっぽうこうろ, Hoppō kōro Korean: ko ^북극 해항로(北極海航路) Norwegian: no Nordøstpassasjen, no Nordlige sjørute Portuguese: pt Passagem Nordeste f Russian: ru Се́верный морско́й путь m, ru Севморпу́ть m, ru СМП m Spanish: es ruta del Mar del Norte f, es paso del Noreste m Swedish: sv Nordostpassagen