FICN16 CWIS 051545 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARCTIC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. EST FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY. ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM BAFFIN ISLAND NEAR 6201N 6603W TO 6215N 6400W TO 6424N 6253W TO 6623N 5740W THEN NORTHEASTWARD. SEA ICE NORTHWEST OF THE ICE EDGE. WEST BAFFIN - SOUTHERN HALF. 9 TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS MULTI-YEAR ICE. EAST BAFFIN - SOUTHERN HALF. 7 TENTHS NEW ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS GREY ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF MULTI-YEAR ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. WEST CLYDE - NORTHERN HALF. 8 TENTHS GREY ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF MULTI-YEAR ICE IN THE WESTERN SECTION. WEST CLYDE - SOUTHERN HALF. 7 TENTHS GREY ICE INCLUDING 3 TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS GREY-WHITE ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF MULTI-YEAR ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST CLYDE - NORTHERN HALF. 1 TENTH NEW ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS NEW ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH GREY ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST CLYDE - SOUTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER. WEST DAVIS - SOUTHERN HALF CUMBERLAND WEST BREVOORT FROBISHER BAY. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 2 TENTHS GREY ICE IN A FEW SHELTERED BAYS. WEST DAVIS - NORTHERN HALF. 4 TENTHS NEW ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH GREY ICE. EAST DAVIS. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 1 TENTH NEW ICE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN SECTION. CENTRAL BREVOORT EAST BREVOORT. BERGY WATER. MCCLURE MELVILLE RAE BYAM QUEENS MACLEAN BARROW JONES NORWEGIAN EUREKA CLARENCE KANE ROBESON ADMIRALTY LANCASTER WEST BAFFIN - NORTHERN HALF EAST BAFFIN - NORTHERN HALF 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