The port of Murmansk remains ice-free year round due to the warm North
Atlantic Current and is an important fishing and shipping destination.
It is home port to Atomflot, the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered
icebreakers.
The port is the headquarters of Sevmorput (Northern Sea Route), and the administration of Russian Arctic maritime transport.
Murmansk
is linked by the Murman Railway to St. Petersburg and is also linked to
the rest of Russia by the M18 Kola Motorway. Murmansk Airport provides
air links to Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as an international
connection to Troms�, Norway.
Buses and trolleybuses provide local transport.
Arctic Bridge
Murmansk
is set to be the Russian terminus of the Arctic Bridge (or Arctic Sea
Bridge), a sea route linking it to the Canadian port of Churchill,
Manitoba. The passage has not been fully tested for commercial shipping
yet, but Russia has shown interest in it. It is believed that, once
developed (along with the Northwest Passage), the bridge will serve as
major trade route between Europe and Asia
