Domestic Operations

Operation NANOOK 07

Credit:  MCpl Blake Rodgers

HMCS Corner Brook, on Arctic patrol during Operation Nanook, sails past an iceberg. This sovereignty exercise was held in and around Iqaluit and the Baffin Island Coastal and the Hudson Strait areas from August 7 -17. Exercises such as these allow the Canadian Forces to exercise the knowledge and skills necessary to assist civil authorities and to practice inter-departmental communication in the North. Approximately 600 Canadian Forces members, Canadian Coast Guard personnel and RCMP members participated in Operation NANOOK 07. Navy vessels that participated included HMC Ships Fredericton (frigate), Summerside (Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessel) and Corner Brook (submarine).

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