Copenhagen Economics report on public financing design options and economic regulatory implications for Polar Connect

This desktop study has been requested by the Swedish Research Council SUNET and is part of the Polar Connect initiative under the Connecting Europe Facility2 (CEF-2 program) funded project Northern EU Gateways. The study aims to contribute to the overarching goal of Polar Connect and explore the feasibility of connecting the Nordic countries to Asia using fiber optic cables via the Arctic Ocean. Specifically, this desktop study focuses on seabed properties and geohazards in the central Arctic Ocean, sea-ice covered segment of a potential route, which would connect Europe, Japan and Korea.