April 1, 2015
OTTAWA—Canada continues to assert its sovereignty over the High Arctic with Operation NUNALIVUT 2015, one of Joint Task Force North’s premier High Arctic military operations.
The large scale military exercise begins today in and around Cambridge Bay, Nunavut and brings together Canadian Armed Forces members from the Third Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) divers from both Pacific and Atlantic fleets, as well as airmen and airwomen from across the Royal Canadian Air Force, including Yellowknife-based 440 (Transport) Squadron, to demonstrate the readiness and ability of the CAF to operate effectively in Canada’s Arctic region. Canadian Rangers and Canadian Armed Forces members from 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (1 CRPG) will patrol the Victoria Island, NU area while providing guidance and mentorship to troops and predator control to other activity locations during the operation.
Consisting of three distinct activities, Operation NUNALIVUT will include a 1 CRPG-led sovereignty patrol in the Victoria Island area. The second activity will involve 3 PPCLI leading two separate patrols running east of Cambridge Bay, and the third will consist of Ice Diving operations between Parks Canada’s underwater archeologists and RCN divers on sea ice in the vicinity of Victoria Strait, Nunavut. Ice diving operations will include a joint archeological effort over the site of HMS Erebus.
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