The Suez Canal jam has highlighted the importance of further developing Russia's Arctic shipping route, which is increasingly accessible due to climate change, a senior Russian ambassador said on Friday. "Obviously it's necessary to think about how to efficiently manage transportation risks and develop alternative routes to the Suez Canal, first and foremost the Northern Sea Route," Russia's ambassador-at-large Nikolai Korchunov told the Interfax news agency. as/emg/lth