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search A graphical comparison between use of the North East
Passage (blue) and an alternative route through the Suez Canal
(red)  The Northern Sea Route (Russian: Се́верный морско́й путь,
Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Севморпуть, Sevmorput) is a
shipping lane officially defined by Russian legislation from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean specifically running along
the Russian Arctic coast from Murmansk on the Barents Sea, along
Siberia, to the Bering Strait and Far East. The entire route
lies in Arctic waters and parts are free of ice for only two
months per year. Before the beginning of the 20th century it was
called the Northeast Passage, and is still sometimes referred to
by that name.   The motivation to navigate the North East
Passage was initially economic. In Russia the idea of a possible
seaway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was first put
forward by the diplomat Ger