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Navigating on the bridge
Acting Sub-Lieutenant Brighid Woodman takes a navigational fix on the bridge of HMCS NANAIMO while transiting over the Arctic Ocean during OP NANOOK.

Jump that chills
Divers from Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) jump from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter at York Sound, NU, close to a Canadian Armed Forces Forward Operations Camp during a search and rescue exercise as part of Op NANOOK.

Ice Analysis
Mr. Benoît Simard, Ice Service Specialist with Environment Canada’s Canadian Ice Service, assesses ice conditions in the Amundsen Gulf aboard HMCS SASKATOON during Operation NANOOK.

Preparing for Inuvik
Cpl Gartlan (left) and MCpl Power (right) both AVS Techs from 450 Squadron, CFB Petawawa prepare a CH-147 Chinook helicopter to be air lifted from Inuvik, Northwest Territories to CFB Petawawa during OP NANOOK 2015.

Taking the RHIB out
Representatives of the Canadian Joint Operations Command and Joint Task Force (North) launch a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) in Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories during Operation NANOOK on August 23, 2015.

Outlying the Arctic
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Saskatoon sails toward Tuktoyaktuk, North West Territories in the Beaufort Sea after Operation NANOOK 2015, on August 28, 2015.

Catching A Ride
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces on board a CC-130J Hercules aircraft transport a RCMP truck from Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport to Yellowknife Airport in the Northwest Territories during OP NANOOK.

Minor warships head North for Op Nanook
On Tuesday, HMCS Nanaimo and HMCS Saskatoon left the shelter of Esquimalt Harbour for six weeks of work in the ice laden waters of the Arctic. The two ships will make the 3,500 mile journey to Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories for the annual Operation Nanook, where they will conduct surveillance and presence activities in […]