RCN Public Affairs, 24 September 2020.
HMC Ships Ville de Québec and Glace Bay and MV Asterix were in the Arctic region participating in Operation NANOOK-TUUGAALIK 2020 in August.
The ships and crews conducted sea trials, helicopter serials and boarding scenarios with Her Danish Majesty’s Ship Triton, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, and the United States Ship Thomas Hudner. The ships also traversed the Arctic Circle and performed the traditional Crossing the Line ceremony on August 17.
The operation to exercise Canada’s sovereignty over its northernmost regions takes place each year and involves Indigenous, federal, provincial and territorial governments, along with Northern partners.
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A great exercise, but wait…..no mention of any ASW Serials? Where were our submarines or any submarine for that matter, for this Multi-national goodwill/sovereignty exercise? Looks like a good (but expensive) crossing-the-line ceremony though.
There was plenty of ASW training just without the submarine component of an actual exercise. It was also considerably more than a “sovereignty” exercise with all sorts of task force serials. The big takeaway is gaining experience to operate effectively between our Arctic partners in that environment. It appears from your statements we were just up there for a joyride….
Hello “Arctic Guy”. I understand, perhaps more than others, that you can run “canned” sub serials, but nothing does better than a “real” submarine in the Arctic to train Anti-Submarine Warfare on for both subs and ships. The fact there were no sub (s) there from any nation to exercise with is very disappointing for all involved. I also understand that Canadian subs are “limited”, however if we had a more “strengthened” and modern submarine fleet, perhaps this would have been possible.