Photo: Canadian Forces personnel fashion qamutiit for Op Nunalivut

Canadian Armed Forces members of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry hone their qamutik-making skills recently inside a hangar at the Cambridge Bay airport. The PPCLI, stationed in Edmonton, is part of Operation Nunalivit 2015, Canada’s annual sovereignty exercise in the High Arctic. This year, the exercise will include 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, support from the United States Air National Guard’s 109 Airlift Wing based in New York state and members of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Fleet Diving Unit, who plan to do under-ice dives to the wreck of the HMS Erebus near Cambridge Bay. The military exercise, which involves both land and sea components, runs until April 22. Read about Nunalivut 2015 on Nunatsiaqonline.ca . (PHOTO BY DENISE LEBLEU IMAGES)