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aRCTiC
Arctic SAR is improving!
rEsidEnts oF thE Canadian arCtiC arE
painFully aWarE oF ClimatE ChangE and
morE spECiFiCally global Warming. thEir
livEs havE bEEn and ContinuE to bE aFFECt-
Ed dirECtly. somE havE diEd bECausE thE
traditional saFE routEs ovEr thE iCE arE
no longEr prEdiCtablE.
D
epending on a given location
in the Arctic Archipelago,
one of the more noticeable
impacts of global warming
has been the disappearance
of arctic sea ice for extended periods. For
several intervals in 2020, the ice in the
Arctic was at its lowest point on record.
The open waters have made entrance to
the Arctic Archipelago more accessible.
However, the growing loss of sea ice for
longer periods has also meant increasing
multiyear ice moving about unpredictably
by currents and winds. Although com-
mercial traffic has not increased signifi-
cantly, the new access has attracted many
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