Canada’s defence community is continuing to pay attention to the impacts of lessening Arctic sea ice, as NASA recently reported the ice reached its lowest annual minimum this year on Sept. 10.
The total sea ice coverage for 2025’s minimum tied with 2008 for the tenth lowest on record, NASA stated. The ice amount was 4.6 million square kilometres – roughly half the equivalent square area of the whole of Canada. And that has defence implications.
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