This experimental view puts the Arctic into a service-compatible polar stereographic projection instead of standard WebMercator. It is better suited for tracking vessels, ports, and historical lanes across the Northern Sea Route, the Bering Strait, Greenland waters, and other high-latitude corridors where ordinary maps become heavily distorted.
This polar map is designed for maritime monitoring in high latitudes where regular WebMercator maps become distorted. It helps operators track vessels north of selected latitude thresholds and review historical shipping corridors across the Northern Sea Route, the Bering Strait, Greenland waters, and the central Arctic basin.
The interface combines vessel markers, named vessel labels, historical route lines, and port locations in a polar projection. Click any vessel to open a 7-day track with UTC timestamps, coordinates, speed, and course. When available, destination and ETA are also shown in the track point popups.
Use 66.5°N and above to focus on true Arctic traffic and ice-cap corridor operations. The page supports broad Arctic loading and high-latitude vessel prioritization to keep North Pole traffic visible in wide-radius views.