Canada Command - OP Nanook

Op NANOOK 09

For more information on Operation Nanook, please use the links below.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay news conference - Op NANOOK 09

Op NANOOK 09
News Release

Op NANOOK 09
Backgrounder

Pangnirtung, Nunavut

In the village of Pangnirtung Warrant Officer Andy Price from the Queens Own Rifles explains the blank firing attachment to young boys from the village. (Left) Brandon Kuluguqtuq and (Right) Aiden Nadia Metuk.

The soldiers deployed to Pangnirtung as the security detail for a port inspection dive team during training on Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photo taken by Sgt Eileen Redding, 19 Wing Comox, BC

Publication Date : 28 August 2009

Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pierre Radisson pulls along side of HMCS Toronto in Frobisher Bay just outside of Iqaluit, demonstrating the combined efforts of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Coast Guard while protecting Canadian Sovereignty during Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photograph by Corporal Andrew L Davis

Publication Date : 27 August 2009

Apex Beach, Nunavut

Canadian Army personnel from the Royal Regiment of Canada and the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada from Toronto, Ontario, disembark during the amphibious landing on Apex Beach, Nunavut in support of the Canadian Arctic Sovereignty Operation (SOVOP): Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation (SOVOP) conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from August 6 to 28, 2009, in Canada's Eastern Arctic.

Photo credit: Corporal Andrew L Davis, Wing Imaging Section, 14 Wing Greenwood

Publication Date : 26 August 2009

Iqaluit, Nunavut

Private Kevin Tudor, an Avionics Technicians from 407 Squadron 19 Wing Comox, British Columbia, pulls the chocks from the CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft. The Aurora is preparing to depart on an Arctic sovereignty patrol as part of Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photo credit: Sgt Eileen Redding

Publication Date : 25 August 2009

Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Corporal JMP Gagne, a Flight Engineer from 440 Squadron in Yellowknife Northwest Territories, performs the after flight checks on a CC-138 Twin Otter Aircraft after delivering supplies to the Rangers and Meteorological Technicianss at the Brevoort North Warning System Site during Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photograph by Corporal Andrew L Davis

Publication Date : 24 August 2009

Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Minister of National Defence Peter Mackay, and Cdr Alex Grant, Commanding Officer of HMCS Toronto, view HMCS Corner Brook, CCGS Pierre Radisson as three CF-18 Hornets fly over head during Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from August 6-28 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photo by: Corporal Dany Veillette, Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.

Publication Date : 21 August 2009

Sighting in

Capt Karl Hawpt, Warrant Officer Andy Price and Master Corporal Mike Honey, members of the Arctic Response Company Group deployed to Operation NANOOK 09 in southeastern Baffin Island are seen on patrol during shake out training near Iqaluit. This Arctic Response Company Group is comprised of Reservists from 32 Canadian Brigade Group in Ontario.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada’s eastern Arctic.

Photo by: Second Lieutenant Dave Bowen

Publication Date : 20 August 2009

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, shakes hands with Captain(Navy) Kevin Greenwood, the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Canada Command.

Photo by: Lieutenant-Commander Diane Grover

Three senior Canadian Forces officers from Canada Command and a senior officer from the Canadian Coast Guard were on hand at the Canada Reception Centre, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, to mark the Prime Minister’s departure to Iqaluit, Nunavut on 17 August, 2009.

The Prime Minister was on his way to an official visit of Canadian Forces’ Operation NANOOK 09. Standing in the reception line after Captain(Navy) Greenwood (from the left) are: CAPT Ron Miller (Canadian Coast Guard), Major François Lavigne, Operations Officer, Canada Command, and Lieutenant-Colonel Dave Robinson, Senior Operations Officer, Canada Command.

The officers were involved with planning this year’s Operation NANOOK. Capt(N) Greenwood, the most senior of the three military officers, is retiring this week after 29 years service in the Canadian Forces. Operation NANOOK 09 is his final duty in the military.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Publication Date : 19 August 2009

Approaching the Ice

A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat takes sailors from HMCS Toronto to a nearby iceberg in Frobisher Bay off the coast of Baffin Island during Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photo by: Corporal Dany Veillette, Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.

Publication Date : 18 August 2009

Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island - Captain comes aboard

A CH 124 Sea King helicopter hoists down Commander A.C. Grant, Commanding Officer of HMCS Toronto onto the flight deck. HMCS Toronto was taking part in vital sovereignty patrols near Frobisher Bay off the coast of Baffin Island as a participant in Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photo by: Corporal Dany Veillette, Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.

Publication Date : 17 August 2009

Coming aboard

HMCS Toronto recovers sailors from a Rigid Hull Inflated Boat while Master Seaman Henry Galliot, boatswain, supervises the operation. HMCS Toronto was conducting sovereignty patrols near Frobisher Bay off the coast Baffin Island as part of Operation NANOOK 09.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Photo by: Corporal Dany Veillette, Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.

Publication Date : 13 August 2009

Canadian navy frigate HMCS Toronto

Canadian navy frigate HMCS Toronto departs St John's, Newfoundland yesterday, en route to Frobisher Bay to participate in Operation NANOOK 09 in Canada's eastern Arctic.

Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August, 2009.

Photo by - Cpl Dany Veillette

Publication Date : 10 August 2009