#northwestpassage

Construction delayed on $350M deepsea port in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut The port, which would be located near the entrance to the Northwest Passage, would service ships carrying supplies, as well as tourism and fishing vessels. Construction was slated to begin this summer, but is now delayed to 2027 while the company works to secure more funding. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/qikiqtarjuaq-deepsea-port-construction-delayed-9.7301747?cmp=rss

Here’s a Mastodon version centred on the article’s strongest image and argument. A small change to Vector Weather put a yellow line around the Arctic sea-ice edge. Behind it are open scientific data, Canadian satellites, ice analysts, twenty pull requests, and one stubborn bug at the North Pole to tell us what's lobe been Inuit knowledge, The line is practical navigation data. It is also a measure of what Canada imagines, values, and is steadily losing as climate change lengthens the time the Northwest Passage is ice free. https://morganeoger.ca/2026/07/23/the-yellow-line-sea-ice-open-data-and-the-idea-of-north/ #Arctic #SeaIce #OpenData #Canada #NorthwestPassage #ArcticSailing