Canada’s federal government has announced that, following an audit last year, it had found mapping services to be lacking.
An audit by Canada’s environment commissioner in 2014 noted the Arctic area has been “inadequately surveyed and charted”, with some outdated maps dating back to the early 1970s.
So the government is to spend C$22 million over five years to improve the safety of marine transportation in the Arctic.
A press release said that part of the investment will be spent on four multi-beam sonar systems aboard Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers for sea-floor surveying.
The report noted that growth in marine shipping in the Arctic has meant a spike in demand for more accurate, detailed surveys and maps.
Source: CTV
Mapping of Arctic “outdated and inadequate”
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