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Ice Monitoring

RADARSAT provides routine surveillance of the entire Arctic region. This helps track sea ice distribution, identify various types of ice, and produce daily ice charts. The information is used for planning safe shipping routes and supply operations for offshore exploration platforms or ocean research stations. RADARSAT has also helped update maps of Antarctica and monitor Antarctic ice fields.

RADARSAT can be used  to monitor changes in the ice surface over time, or to track the progress of an icebreaker.