Russia works on 'Polar Express' project as the shortest link across Euro-Asian land mass. The fiber optic cable will pass 12.650 km around Russian Artic sea coast.

'Polar Express' aim to support a few priorities of Russia:

• military activities in Artic space
• connecting oil/gas industry
• making the shortest link for time-sensitive communication (e.g. stock-exchagnes).

Previous Finish project 'Megafon' failed in laying Internet cables across Artic region.

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