Despite the historic deal climate change has already transformed parts of the world.

Warmer temperatures have opened up frozen portions of the Arctic and giving energy giants another area to explore.
But mapping those waters is a dangerous job. The elusive northwest passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is also opening up but that could lead to a real disaster.

CCTV America’s Sean Callebs explains.

Ice breaking ships opening up passages to navigate the Arctic

Ice breaking ships opening up passages to navigate the Arctic

Despite the historic deal climate change has already transformed parts of the world. Warmer temperatures have opened up frozen portions of the Arctic and giving energy giants another area to explore. But mapping those waters is a dangerous job. The elusive northwest passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is also opening up but that could lead to a real disaster. CCTV America's Sean Callebs explains.
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As ice retreats, more Arctic waters are open for navigation  and that means vessels such as the Umiak I, a Canadian bulk container ship owned by the Fednav Shipping Company, will be making more trips into frozen regions.

This ship, is a Polar Class IV ice-breaker as powerful as any non-nuclear ice-breaker in the world, according to Captain Mike Lee.

On this trip, the Umiak is going from Quebec, to a copper mine in Northern Labrador to load ore –But where the Umiak REALLY makes its money -is in the worst of the worst conditions.

It’s estimated the Arctic holds roughly 25-percent of the remaining natural resources in the world. It’s no secret the Northwest Passage -connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is opening, luring more and more ships in treacherous waters.

Some, have even labeled the Northwest Passage -Panama Canal North – meaning container ships, cruise ships, and other vessels are finding the icy water more appealing to trim time and money off their trips.