A more likely solution would, however, be to run convoys of cargo ships through the Polar ice, which was brought a step nearer by the successful voyage to the North Pole by the Soviet nuclear ice-breaker "Arktika" in 1977.
Isisombululo esinokulunga ngoko ke kukuhambisa imingcelele yemithwalo yeenqanawa kwi Polae yomkhenkce le isibandezela kancinci, luhambo ngenqanawa oluphumelelayo kwiPole yaseMantla liqumrhu lombindi woqhekezo oluphumeleyo kumkhence i-Artika ngo 1977.