Breaking the ice: Canada’s Arctic reawakening

Army Green Berets traverse the tundra on snowmobile in support of Exercise Arctic Edge near Utqiaġvik, Alaska, March 4, 2022. Arctic Edge is a U.S. Northern Command biennial exercise that began in 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Bryant)

Canada’s participation in a trilateral icebreaker project with the United States and Finland marks a historic turning point in Canadian foreign and defense policy. For decades, Ottawa has paid lip service to the Arctic while failing to back its rhetoric...