Canada’s new naval Arctic patrol ship circumnavigated North America on its first voyage
The HMCS Harry DeWolf — the first of a new class of Arctic patrol ship — visited Greenland and Alaska, and sailed through the Northwest Passage.
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The Royal Canadian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMCS Harry DeWolf returns after completing a circumnavigation of North America, including through the Northwest Passage, to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 16, 2021. (Ted Pritchard / Reuters)
The Royal Canadian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMCS Harry DeWolf returns after completing a circumnavigation of North America, including through the Northwest Passage, to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 16, 2021. (Ted Pritchard / Reuters)
The Royal Canadian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMCS Harry DeWolf returns after completing a circumnavigation of North America, including through the Northwest Passage, to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 16, 2021. (Ted Pritchard / Reuters)
PO 2nd class Jonathan Dunphy embraces his children Madison and Abigail at the Halifax Naval Yard after returning as crew of The Royal Canadian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMCS Harry DeWolf which completed a circumnavigation of North America, including through the Northwest Passage, to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 16, 2021. Dunphy had earlier completed a six-month deployment on another vessel, and then signed on to join HMCS Harry DeWolf with his family’s blessing. (Ted Pritchard / Reuters)
The Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic and offshore patrol vessel HMCS Harry DeWolf returned to its home port of Halifax on Thursday, after circumnavigating the North American continent on its first voyage.
The Harry DeWolf visited Iqaluit in August, where it was present for joint U.S.-Canada coast guard exercises, and also visited Nuuk, Greenland, before sailing through the Northwest Passage and stopping in Unalaska, Alaska.
The Seattle-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, also transited the Northwest Passage this summer — though in the opposite direction — completing its own circumnavigation of North America.
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