FICN16 CWIS 221445 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARCTIC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 2026 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY. ICE EDGE IS OUTSIDE THE FORECAST REGION. WEST BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH OLD ICE. WEST BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. 9 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE. CENTRAL BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. 2 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. CENTRAL BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 9 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. EAST BREVOORT. BERGY WATER EXCEPT 8 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. 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