Even if climate change does what countless explorers failed to do and opens the Northwest Passage, there's no guarantee that vessel traffic would increase, the new commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard has warned. Shipping leaders have been predicting a surge of vessels if icebreakers were no longer needed in the Arctic waterway, but George Da Pont noted that the trans-Siberian Northeast Passage has been navigable for several years, but no such rush has occurred.
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机译：加拿大海岸警卫队新任专员警告说，即使气候变化做了无数探险家没有做的事情并打开了西北通道，也不能保证船只的通行量会增加。航运业领导者曾预测，如果北极水道不再需要破冰船，船只将激增，但乔治·达蓬（George Da Pont）指出，跨西伯利亚的东北航道已经航行了好几年，但没有发生过这样的高峰。
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