Operation Nanook (2007)



Operation Nanook 2007 was the 2007 annual joint exercise of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard to train for disaster and sovereignty patrols in the Arctic. Similar exercises have been conducted every year since.

Elements of the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined with elements of the Canadian Forces in the exercise. The frigate HMCS Fredericton the minesweeper HMCS Summerside, the submarine HMCS Corner Brook, CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft, reservists from the local Canadian Rangers, and Primary Reserve soldiers from across Canada composed the Canadian Forces component.

During the exercise the Summerside played a drug smuggling vessel, nicknamed the MV Rusty Bucket.