page_title: Operation Nanook
section_title: 2012
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Nanook / 2012
caption_attribution_description: The HMDS Knud Rasmussen, a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel, transits off the bow of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, homeported in Newport, R.I., during a towing exercise while underway off Greenland's west coast Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. The exercise was conducted as part of an Arctic deployment to enhance interoperability with international forces and to provide the experience of working and responding to incidents in the harsh Arctic environment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham
context_page_description: Operation Nanook is an annual sovereignty operation and manoeuvre warfare exercise conducted by the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. Sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern Canada are conducted by the Canadian Rangers, Canadian Coast Guard in tandem with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The exercise portion is intended to train the different elements of the Canadian Armed Forces to operate in the Arctic environment.
  The following is a list of annual exercises that comprise Operation Nanook:
context_section_description: Operation Nanook 2012 was a military training exercise held in Canada's Arctic in August 2012. It was the sixth annual exercise. Vessels from the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard and the Royal Danish Navy participated in the exercise.
  One scenario simulated intercepting a "vessel of interest" in Baffin Bay.
  Another scenario had Canadian Armed Forces simulate being dispatched to a northern community, Tsiigehtchic, to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with a "security event".
caption: HDMS Knud Rasmussen and USCGC Juniper, during Operation Nanook 2012
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