FICN16 CWIS 281445 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARCTIC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. EDT THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. FRIDAY. FIRST ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM BAFFIN ISLAND NEAR 6356N 6447W TO 6402N 6217W TO 6538N 6023W TO BAFFIN ISLAND NEAR 6617N 6150W. SEA ICE NORTH THEN WEST OF THE ICE EDGE. SECOND ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM BAFFIN ISLAND NEAR 7343N 8133W TO BYLOT ISLAND NEAR 7345N 8051W. SEA ICE NORTH OF THE ICE EDGE. THIRD ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM BYLOT ISLAND NEAR 7340N 7816W TO 7548N 7359W THEN NORTHEASTWARD. SEA ICE NORTHWEST OF THE ICE EDGE. QUEENS. 2 TENTHS OLD ICE EXCEPT 7 TENTHS OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. BARROW. 1 TENTH FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 6 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SECTION. JONES - EASTERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 3 TENTHS OLD ICE IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. JONES - WESTERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 1 TENTH FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. NORWEGIAN. 4 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 5 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS OLD ICE NORTH OF AND SOUTH OF CORNWALL ISLAND. EUREKA - SOUTHERN HALF. 1 TENTH FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 8 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTION. EUREKA - NORTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 4 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTION. CLARENCE - SOUTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 3 TENTHS OLD ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. ADMIRALTY. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 1 TENTH FIRST-YEAR ICE IN STRIPS AND PATCHES INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN SECTION. LANCASTER - WESTERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 1 TENTH FIRST-YEAR ICE IN STRIPS AND PATCHES INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN SOUTHERN SECTION. LANCASTER - EASTERN HALF WEST BAFFIN - SOUTHERN HALF EAST BAFFIN WEST CLYDE EAST CLYDE WEST DAVIS - NORTHERN HALF EAST DAVIS WEST BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF CENTRAL BREVOORT EAST BREVOORT FROBISHER BAY NAVY BOARD POND. BERGY WATER. WEST BAFFIN - NORTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 1 TENTH OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. WEST DAVIS - SOUTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 6 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE BAFFIN ISLAND COAST IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SECTION. CUMBERLAND. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 4 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTION. WEST BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 5 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. NANSEN. 2 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS OLD ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. MCCLURE MELVILLE RAE BYAM MACLEAN CLARENCE - NORTHERN HALF KANE ROBESON FITZWILLIAM LIDDON GRIPER BALLANTYNE HAZEN WILKINS GUSTAF HASSEL MASSEY PEARY SOUTH SVERDRUP NORTH SVERDRUP GREELY ALERT. FORECASTS AVAILABLE TO MARINERS UPON REQUEST. CONTACT NORDREG CANADA FOR ROUTING ADVICE AND FOR COPIES OF ARCTIC ICE ANALYSIS CHARTS. END