I was wondering the same thing, I found this article: http://www.arcticyearbook....

sph on March 17, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Submarine Cable Map

I was wondering the same thing, I found this article: http://www.arcticyearbook.com/index.php/briefing-notes2014/1...

I skimmed through it, looks like that it's an upcoming cable network to diminish the latency on Asia-Europe connections. Unfeasible before global warming and melting icecaps.