Recent advances in use of satellite data to predict sea-ice in the key summer period can be found in the following publication:
Landy, J.C., Dawson, G.J., Tsamados, M. et al. A year-round satellite sea-ice thickness record from CryoSat-2. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05058-5
There is a challenge for a multi-national isotope detection system and response protocols. This challenge can also be categorised with Pollution and Incident Control.
There is a challenge for improvements in local and on-vessel communications technology with a need for enhanced batteries with longer life for usage in ANA region.