SmartIce is one step closer to making ice travel safe for residents of northern Canada. The not-for-profit social enterprise — Sea-ice Monitoring And Real-Time Information for Coastal Environments, or SmartICE — opened its northern production centre in Nain this week. The buoys are used to measure ice thickness and to ensure safe travel routes and hunting areas for people living in northern communities across Canada. Words cannot explain how excited we are to launch the Northern Production Centre in Nain. It's also keeping people employedAs long as orders for SmartBuoys are coming in, the Nain production centre will be operating.

Source: CBC News May 19, 2019 17:15 UTC