Research examines extending Port of Churchill shipping season via icebreaker

By Marney Blunt – Global News

A feasibility study by the University of Manitoba and the Arctic Research Foundation is examining ways to extend the Port of Churchill’s shipping season and potential routes.

“We know with climate change the shipping season throughout the Hudson Bay has become longer and longer, and this time the port has only been opening for about three and a half months a year and we know it can be extended,” said Fei Wang, the director of the Churchill Marine Observatory and a professor at the University of Manitoba.