FICN16 CWIS 311545 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARCTIC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. EST SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2026 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. SUNDAY. ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM 6200N 6009W TO 6409N 5753W THEN NORTHEASTWARD. SEA ICE NORTHWEST OF THE ICE EDGE. WEST DAVIS - SOUTHERN HALF. 8 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH OLD ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST DAVIS - SOUTHERN HALF. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 5 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE WESTERN SECTION. WEST BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE. WEST BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. 7 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE NORTHERN SECTION. CENTRAL BREVOORT. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 7 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST BREVOORT. 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 - NORTHERN HALF EAST DAVIS - NORTHERN HALF 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