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With more ships in the Arctic, fears of disaster rise

By Henry Fountain, The New York Times July 24, 2017
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When the Crystal Serenity, a 1,000-passenger luxury liner, sails in August on a monthlong Arctic cruise through the Northwest Passage, it will have a far more utilitarian escort: a British supply ship.

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