Transport System of Northern and Arctic Regions: Assessment and Development Problems

The analysis of the current state and assessment of the transport system development of the regions of the North and the Arctic was carried out. Analysis of the transport system development on the example of the regions directly bordering with the Northern Sea Route was carried out: Arkhangelsk Region, Murmansk Region, Nenets Autonomous District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Chukotka Autonomous District, Kamchatka Teerritory, Magadan Region, Sakhalin Region, Primorye Territory. It is shown that the northern and arctic regions are far behind in the development of the transport industry of the subarctic countries. Primorye Territory has the best values of density of general-purpose railways and highways as well as investments in development of transport compared to other regions and is characterized by maximum level of the transport system development during the analyzed period. Of the northern regions minimal values of the transport system development have Magadan Region and Nenets Autonomous District characterized by poor development of transport communications. It is needed a further research in direction of scientific and technological substantiation of the strategic development directions of the transport system of the North and the Arctic.