"With improvement of aircraft and equipment as indicated in the recom- 

 mendation of the report, and by adherence to Bureau objectives and proced- 

 ures, and what is more important, with additional training in cold weather 

 operations at frequent and regular intervals, carrier operations can be con- 

 ducted at as low temperatures as will be found in (ice-free) areas where a 

 task group or force may be ordered to operate with only a slight reduction 

 in efficiency and probably no decrease in aircraft complement." 



During the summer of 1946 (July-September) Task Force 68, 

 consisting of an AV, AKA, AG (icebreaker), SS and various air- 

 craft, conducted "Operation Nanook" in waters around Green- 

 land and among islands of the Canadian Archipelago. This 

 operation, a resupply expedition, has been continued annually in 

 fulfillment of the Navy's commitment for establishing and sup- 

 porting of weather stations, which are maintained in the Arctic 

 through combined American-Canadian and American-Danish ef- 

 forts. New stations have been established in succeeding years. 

 Valuable scientific observations, both afloat and ashore, are being 

 made. During the summers of 1947 and 1948 icebreakers reached 

 the Lincoln Sea, Slidre Fiord on Eureka Sound, and Victoria 



Figure 1-6. — Summer scene. St. Patrick Bay, Ellesmere Island. 



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