Photo: Operation Nunalivut on patrol

Master Warrant Officer Dick Elson, Group Sergeant Major for 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, left, packs a qamutik with Canadian Ranger Samson “Sasa” Simeonie from Resolute Bay, before heading out on a patrol April 20. The two men are taking part in Operation Nunalivut 2014, one of the sovereignty operations conducted every year in the High Arctic by the Canadian Armed Forces.(PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CANADIAN FORCES)