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Approximately 180 Canadian Army soldiers, mostly from the 31 Canadian Brigade Group in Ontario, are heading to Canada’s Arctic for Northern Exercise (NOREX) 2017. NOREX 2017 will take place in and around Resolute Bay, Nunavut, from March 17 to March 28.

The exercise is designed to test the mobility, sustainability, survivability of 4th Canadian Division soldiers, and is aimed at maintaining an Arctic response capability of 4th Canadian Division’s Arctic Response Company Group, according to the Canadian Army.

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During the exercise, the soldiers will be joined by members of the Canadian Rangers. The Rangers provide patrols and detachments for national security and public safety missions in sparsely settled northern, coastal, and isolated areas of Canada that cannot efficiently be covered by other units of the Canadian military.

31 Canadian Brigade Group is part of 4th Canadian Division, which is responsible for all Canadian Army Regular and Reserve Force elements in Ontario, with the exception of a portion of northwestern Ontario, that falls under 3rd Canadian Division (Edmonton), the Army noted in its news release.