Canadian Coast Guard Expands Its Arctic Summer Season

Published at: Jun 25 2019 - 10:23 / Updated at: Jun 25 2019 - 10:23

Canada’s aging Coast Guard fleet will enter Arctic waters two weeks earlier this year and remain one week longer, Coast Guard officials told reporters in a briefing last week, according to Nunatsiaq News.

“We have icebreakers coming from three different regions operating in this area,” said Mario Pelletier, the Coast Guard’s deputy commissioner.

This means Coast Guard vessels are expected to spend a total of 735 ship days in the Arctic this year, compared with 688 last year and 698 ship days in 2017.