Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:00
More than a dozen Canadian Coast Guard officials are taking part in an international online exercise simulating a joint search and rescue and environmental response operation following a collision between an expedition cruise ship and an oil tanker off the northern coast of Iceland.
The Arctic Guardian 2021 exercise, which began Monday and runs through Wednesday, brings together representatives of all eight Arctic countries: Canada, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.
It is organized by the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group of the Arctic Council and the Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF). Iceland, which is the outgoing chair of both the Arctic Council and the ACGF, hosts the multinational exercise.