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April 19, 2010: Because it’s there
I’m on a Canadian Forces C-17 on my way to Alert, Nunavut which is 5½ hours and 2400 nautical miles north of Ottawa. To give you some perspective, the pilots told me that if we flew the same 2400...
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April 19, 2010: Alert
I always wanted to go to the end of the world. I finally made it. The flight here was amazing. From Ottawa International Airport we flew for five and a half hours over the frozen north. We are at the...
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April 19, 2010: The Rangers
Every once in a while you see something that is just plain smart. I definitely put the Canadian Rangers program into that category. This afternoon we took an hour ride in a Canadian Forces BV 206 which...
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April 20, 2010: Alert and Thule, Greenland
This morning we took a helicopter ride from Alert to Ward Hunt Island to meet with another Ranger Patrol. It turns out Ward Hunt Island is even further north than Alert – the 83rd parallel. A new...
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