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Space News – Jan 2009 – Navigating Sea Ice with Image Access Solutions.

The Norwegian Coast Guard is using satellite imagery delivered to Iridium satellite phones to navigate through the ice-infested waters of the Arctic Ocean. This imagery, captured by the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite and Canada's Radarsat-1 satellite, is being collected, processed, compressed and sent to hand-held devices within 30 minutes.