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10 Tuesday September 1 2015 BY CRAIG GILBERT FromFortSmithtoTuktoyaktukOperation Nanook15leftitsmarkontheNorthwestTer- ritorieswithhundredsofparticipantsspread across thousands of kilometres last week. In contrast to the high level of interaction CanadianForcespersonnelhadwithlocalof- cialsinFortSmithduringOperationNanook last week the military kept mostly to itself while operating in Sachs Harbour according tosenioradministrativeofcerStephenWylie. Ajointcombinedandinteragencytraining opportunity where Canadian Armed Forces assist federal and territorial authorities Na- nookincludedthreescenariosasimulatedoil spilleventintheEasternBeaufortSeaplayed Operation Nanook outstanding across NWT out in Inuvik and Ulukhaktok an Arctic se- curity task involving ground and air patrols in Tuktoyaktuk and Sachs Harbour and a mockforestreemergencyinFortSmithwith a simulated evacuation and other activities. The action in Sachs Harbour included about two-dozen soldiers patrolling on foot and on ATVs supply aircraft overhead and a visit from MCDV Maritime Coastal De- fence Vessel Saskatoon. A document pro- vided by the military read like an action lm members of the Arctic Response Company Group the Fleet Diving Unit four types of aircraft and elements of the Joint Task Force Support Component deployed to respond to a simulated sabotage-based scenario put in motion by NORAD warning indicators including land and marine threats to the Northern Warning System. In terms of what the 100 or so people living in Sachs Harbour saw though Wylie said the military kept mostly to themselves. Inuvik on the other hand was hopping during the off-shore oil spill simluation according to Acting Mayor Jim McDonald. The community got a lot of insight into what the military is capable of he said. Not all military activity is war-based they do a lot of civic work too. The community day in the town of about 3500 included y-overs by Chinook and Gry- phon helicopters and Otter aircraft. Some of the 300 Nanook personnel were still there tearing down the camp in the centre of town and the command post at the recreation centre on Monday afternoon. It all amounted to a home run for the 800 or so people involved directly or in- directly in the whole-of-government ac- tivity according to a source in the mili- tary who described their interactions with local participants such as town ofcials as outstanding. Thegoalwashavingpeopleworktogether the source said. We do a lot of activity in the North in the winter not as much on land in the summer when its more of a mari- time focus so it was an interesting exercise. PhotocourtesyofCanadianArmedForces PhotocourtesyofCanadianArmedForces POLITICS SOVEREIGNTY CAF members navigate Her Majestys Canadian ship Saskatoon through the icy waters of the Amundsen Gulf on Aug. 22 as part of Operation Nanooks oil spill scenario. Canadian Joint Operations Command and Joint Taskforce North members board a CH-147F Chinook helicopter at the Northern Warning System DAI site in the Beaufort Delta. Cpl. TJ Fitzpatrick left Cpl. Tyson Junkun and M.C barbecue held in Fort Smith on Aug. 28.