Operation Nanook 2009 was the 2009 annual joint exercise of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

's Maritime Command and the Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...

 to train for disaster and sovereignty patrols in the Arctic.
Similar exercises were held in 2007

Operation Nanook (2007)

Operation Nanook 2007 was the 2007 annual joint exercise of Canada's Maritime Command and the Canadian Coast Guard to train for disaster and sovereignty patrols in the Arctic.Similar exercises were held in 2008 and 2009....

, 2008

Operation Nanook (2008)

Operation Nanook 2008 was a joint exercise of Canada's Maritime Command and the Canadian Coast Guard, held in August 2008.Canada conducted similar joint exercises, also named "Operation Nanook", in 2007 and 2009....

, 2010

Operation Nanook (2010)

Operation Nanook 2010 was the 2010 annual joint exercise of Canada's Maritime Command and the Canadian Coast Guard to train for disaster and sovereignty patrols in the Arctic.Similar exercises were held in 2007, 2008 and 2009....

 and 2011.

The operation ran from August 6, 2009 to August 28, 2009.
In addition to the CCGC Pierre Radisson
the operations had the participation of elements of the Canadian Rangers

Canadian Rangers

The Canadian Rangers are a sub-component of the Canadian Forces reserve that provide a military presence in Canada's sparsely settled northern, coastal, and isolated areas. Formally established on May 23, 1947, a primary role of this part-time force is to conduct surveillance or sovereignty...

, Primary Reserve soldiers from across Canada, a force of reservists composed of local residents of Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

, the frigate
HMCS Toronto

HMCS Toronto

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Toronto. was a River-class frigate that served in the Second World War in the Royal Canadian Navy. It was sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1956....

 and the HMCS Corner Brook, a submarine, and
Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

 aircraft.

General

General

A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

 Walter J. Natynczyk, Chief of Canada's Defence Staff attended the exercise.
On August 23, 2009 Natynczyk met in Iqaluit with Admiral

Admiral

Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

 Tim Sloth Jørgensen

Tim Sloth Jørgensen

Admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen is a senior officer in the Royal Danish Navy.He is notable for being appointed Chief of Denmark's Defence staff.Jørgensen conducted a tour of military sites in Greenland and Nunavut, Canada, inAugust 2009....

 Chief of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

's Defence staff.