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The image highlights various shipping paths through water channels in northern Canada, which are mostly full of Sea ice, and all paths are at least partially blocked by Sea ice.

Sea Ice Chokes the Northwest Passage

Despite overall declines in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice, shipping routes along the northern coast of North America have become less navigable in recent years. View the full story

Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
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