Canadian soldiers transported M777 howitzers to the High Arctic to show their ability to fight in an increasingly contested part of the world. It did not go as planned. Canada’s military ambitions in the Arctic hinged on a frozen door that wouldn’t open. Hundreds of troops landing on an island in the High Arctic last month were confronted with wind chill temperatures of minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit, frigid even by th... [1406 chars]
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