Auditor General Finds Aging Icebreakers, Aircraft Hamper Monitoring of Arctic Waters

Auditor General Finds Aging Icebreakers, Aircraft Hamper Monitoring of Arctic Waters
The Canadian Coast guard's medium icebreaker Henry Larsen is seen in Allen Bay during Operation Nanook near Resolute, Nvt., Aug. 25, 2010. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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More than a decade of delay and inaction has left the ships, planes and satellites that Canada relies on to monitor its rapidly opening Arctic on track to be retired before they can be replaced, the auditor general says.

“The federal government has not taken the required action to address long-standing gaps affecting its surveillance of Canada’s Arctic waters,” says the report released Tuesday.