Navy News - Operation Nanook 2013

August 27, 2013

HMCS Shawinigan pulls alongside the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pierre Radisson off the coast of Resolution Island, Nunavut during Operation Nanook on August 20, 2013.

Op Nanook, which concluded August 26, showcased Canadian Armed Forces personnel working in close partnership with many federal, territorial and municipal agencies in a collaborative whole-of-government approach.

This year, Op Nanook took place in four separate areas of the North; each location chosen for its particular geographical and topographical challenges to benefit CAF training. The areas were: Whitehorse, Yukon; Cornwallis Island, King William Island, and Resolution Island, all in Nunavut. The scenarios that unfolded at these locations exercised CAF support to civil emergency management in confronting threats to public safety, and assistance to law enforcement agencies.