Operation NANOOK
Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, Canada
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A member of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signals Squadron is seen during Operation NANOOK in Tsiigehtchic, NT.
Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, Canada
The largest sovereignty operations conducted annually in Canada’s North, Operation NANOOK takes place in several locations across Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Operation NANOOK 2012 took place in Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories. I had the privilege to photograph members of the Canadian Forces, Canadian Rangers and the local people.
Enjoy the show!
Corporal Angela Smith and CF medical personnel perform cardio pulmonary resuscitation on a simulated casualty during a training exercise on Operation NANOOK in Inuvik, NT.
Canadian Rangers are seen in their camp at twilight after the midnight sun on Operation NANOOK in Tsiigehtchic, NT.
The Canadian Rangers are a sub-component of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. They provide patrols and detachments for national-security and public-safety missions in sparsely settled northern, coastal and isolated areas of Canada.
Soldiers from the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), Immediate Reaction Unit, unload their rucksacks after arriving at Tsiigehtchic, NT during Operation NANOOK.
Operation NANOOK is Canada's premiere annual Northern sovereignty operation. The NANOOK series enable the Canadian Forces to demonstrate its ability to operate effectively in the challenging Arctic environment, enhancing the skills of soldiers, sailors, and airmen and airwomen.
A Canadian Forces CC-138 Twin Otter lands on a section of the Dempster Highway west of Tsiigehtchic, NT during Operation NANOOK.
The Dempster Highway is Canada's road to the top of the world, north of the Arctic Circle. It passes through some of the most beautiful and remote wilderness scenery in North America. Starting outside Dawson City, Yukon, and stretching 730 km to Inuvik, NT the Dempster is an all weather gravel road with two ferry crossings.
Captain Doug Godden from 8 Air Communication and Control Squadron (8 ACCS), 8 Wing Trenton, is seen in front of an MPN-25 deployable radar near Tsiigehtchic, NT during Operation NANOOK.
8 ACCS is a high readiness, self-sustainable unit capable of deploying worldwide by air, land or sea. Its primary mission is to support Canadian air operations through the provision of a network enabled, controlled airfield, regardless of environmental conditions.
Members of the RCMP Emergency Response Team and police dog Taz, prepare to board a Canadian Forces CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Borden, ON, during a CF assistance to RCMP scenario in Tsiigehtchic, NT, on Operation NANOOK.
Canadian Ranger Sergeant Gerry Arey, from Aklavik, NT makes a re-supply run along the MacKenzie River to Canadian Forces troops of the Arctic Response Company Group near Tsiigehtchic, NT during Operation NANOOK.
Canadian Forces personnel unload a CH-146 Griffon helicopter from a CC-177 Globemaster at Mike Zubko Airport in Inuvik, NT in preparation for Operation NANOOK.
An operator tests a DraganFly® 4PX UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) prior to a CF assistance to RCMP scenario in Tsiigehtchic, NT during Operation NANOOK.
The RCMP’s UAV is a four-bladed helicopter about the size of a large pizza with a mount for a camera that feeds back to a display on the ground so its operator can see what the camera sees.
The Task Force Tsiigehtchic command post communications containers are seen in the twilight hours after the midnight sun during Operation NANOOK in Tsiigehtchic, NT.
Canadian Rangers from Tsiigehtchic, Aklavik, and Fort McPherson, NT pose for a group photo with Ranger Instructor Sergeant Ryan Anderson during Operation NANOOK in Tsiigehtchic, NT.
Soldiers from the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), Quick Reaction Force, patrol the banks of the MacKenzie River during a CF assistance to RCMP scenario in Tsiigehtchic, NT during Operation NANOOK.
Aerial view of the Operation NANOOK main camp outside Inuvik, NT.
Canadian Forces Ranger Deborah Mary Andre-Stewart from Tsiigehtchic, NT hangs whitefish for smoking during Operation NANOOK.
A member of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signals Squadron is seen during Operation NANOOK in Tsiigehtchic, NT.