FICN16 CWIS 171545 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARCTIC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. EST FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY. ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM 6200N 5851W TO 6259N 5746W THEN NORTHEASTWARD. SEA ICE NORTHWEST OF THE ICE EDGE. WEST BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE. WEST BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE. CENTRAL BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. 5 TENTHS NEW ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH GREY-WHITE ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE INCLUDING 4 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE IN THE WESTERN SECTION. CENTRAL BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 8 TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE INCLUDING 3 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 1 TENTH NEW ICE EXCEPT 3 TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER. MCCLURE MELVILLE RAE BYAM QUEENS MACLEAN BARROW JONES NORWEGIAN EUREKA CLARENCE KANE ROBESON ADMIRALTY LANCASTER WEST BAFFIN EAST BAFFIN WEST CLYDE EAST CLYDE WEST DAVIS EAST DAVIS CUMBERLAND FROBISHER BAY NAVY BOARD POND FITZWILLIAM LIDDON GRIPER BALLANTYNE HAZEN WILKINS GUSTAF HASSEL MASSEY PEARY SOUTH SVERDRUP NORTH SVERDRUP NANSEN GREELY ALERT. FORECASTS AVAILABLE TO MARINERS UPON REQUEST. CONTACT NORDREG CANADA FOR ROUTING ADVICE AND FOR COPIES OF ARCTIC ICE ANALYSIS CHARTS. END