“If the Arctic is warming can we assume the ice is melting on it’s own. So why do we need three behemoth icebreakers to plow through the ice choked waters?”
Because the Russians don’t think the ice is going to be melting. I actually listened to three lectures from their Arctic Institute and they think the ice is going to be thickening, that’s why they’re building ice breakers to keep their northern shipping routes open. The article is misleading.
You beat me by 2.5 min.