CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings January 12, 2016
Except that the use of this system has changed in spectacular ways. Increasingly used. In 1992, sort of the middle point, the cold war had just ended, as i said. Soviet union had dissolved. Since 1992, maritime traffic has increased by a factor of four leading up to today. This far outpaces the change in global gdp, which is just shy of doubling. Its increased by about 80 , and so it gives you a sense of how much this maritime system is being used, how accessible it is. And its becoming more accessible, right, for a number of reasons. We are seeing new trade routes open as the arctic Climate C...