Melting sea ice was supposed to help Arctic shipping, but new research says otherwise
![The Canadian Coastguard Ship CCGS Amundsen passing through broken sea ice in Baffin Bay, July 2017. Canadian Coastguard Ship passes through broken sea ice.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7260572.1720711799!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/canadian-coastguard-ship.jpeg)
New research suggests that rapidly melting sea ice in the Canadian Arctic is making shipping routes less accessible, contrary to previous research that suggested it would create new, shorter routes that could become cheaper alternatives to traditional routes that connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.