While speaking to a group of military personnel gathered in the mess hall of the Resolute Bay, Nunavut training facility, Chief Warrant Officer Terence Wolaniuk described the situation facing the Canadian Arctic bluntly.
“The threats are below the ice, on the ice, above the ice and in space,” Wolaniuk said.
“The threats are there and they’re real … When you take a look at the world, it’s just a matter of time before something flares up globally. Not just in Europe, not Indo-Pacific, but also the North.”
Terence Wolaniuk, JTFN Chief Warrant Officer, speaks to military personnel as part of operation Nanook-Nunalivut. (Luke Carroll/CBC)
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