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Sailors at work:
Crossing the chasm
August 13, 2002 - Ottawa, Ontario:
Private Shannon Parsons (left foreground) and Leading Seaman Charlie LeBlanc (right) from the Canadian Navy's Gun Run Team transport a replica 19th century cannon and gun carriage across the front of Parliament Hill.  The entire assembly, which weighs 900 kilograms, is disassembled and hand-carried one piece at a time, across a nine-metre chasm which represents the gap between ship and shore.  The Naval Gun Run currently comprises of 35 members drawn primarily from ships of the Maritime Forces Atlantic.
Credit: MCpl Frank Hudec

Sailors at work:
Transporting the gun carriage
August 13, 2002 - Ottawa, Ontario:
A part of the gun carriage is carried across a nine metre chasm by sailors during their performance at Parliament Hill. The Naval Gun Run's 40 members' demonstrate through teamwork how the British troops improvised during the South African War when more artillery power was desperately needed.
Credit: MCpl Cindy Molyneaux

Sailors at work:
Transporting the cannon
August 13, 2002 - Ottawa, Ontario:
Ordinary Seaman Dominic Allard (left) and Private Robert Barker (right) from the Canadian Navy's Gun Run Team transport a replica 19th century cannon across the front of Parliament Hill.  The entire assembly (gun and carriage) weighs 900 kilograms, and is disassembled and hand-carried one piece at a time across a nine-metre chasm which represents the gap between ship and shore.  The Naval Gun Run currently comprises of 35 members drawn primarily from ships of the Maritime Forces Atlantic.
Credit: MCpl Frank Hudec

Sailors at work:
Big Eyes
May 9, 2002 - Somewhere in the Arabian Sea - On the bridge wing of the destroyer HMCS ALGONQUIN, tactical acoustic sensor operator Leading Seaman Robb Franklin of Sudbury, Ontario uses the “big eyes” (long-range binoculars) to watch the British supply ship RFA Fort George sail by. HMCS Algonquin is deployed on Operation APOLLO, Canada’s military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism.
Credit: Cpl Charles Barber

Sailors at work:
Boarding Party
May 3, 2002 - Somewhere in the Arabian Sea - The boarding party from HMCS Algonquin heads out for its first mission on this patrol. HMCS Algonquin is deployed on Operation APOLLO, Canada's military contribution to the war against terrorism, and is currently engaged in maritime interdiction operations with the coalition fleet.

Credit: Cpl Charles Barber