Considering the weather possibilities of their far northern location, what do you see as one great disadvantage to the hanseatic league s sea routes

Foreign attack was one great disadvantage to the Hanseatic Trade as they had their rivalry with Italian businesses and both were trying for supremacy and monopoly on sea route trade in the 13th Century. And because of foreign attacks, the Hanseatic League became very weak and disbanded. And then British and Dutch businesses took control of shipping in the region.