Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster lands at world’s most northerly settlement in landmark Arctic resupply mission with Canada
Located at 82.5 degrees North, CFS Alert serves NATO as a critical signals intelligence base and hosts an important climate change research station. The site is almost entirely encapsulated by Arctic ice, which thaws for only 30 days a year and remains too shallow for resupply vessels, making air delivery via a semi-prepared gravel and […]













