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The Royal Canadian Navy sending two ships to the Arctic. Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Shawiniganand Moncton left their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Thursday to conduct sovereignty and surveillance patrols as part of Operations QIMMIQ and NANOOK 2016, the RCN said in a news release.

While at sea, the ships will also be partnering with Canadian Hydrographic Services, Parks Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Arctic Research Foundation to conduct hydrographic surveys, the RCN added. The ships will be deployed for seven weeks.

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HMCS Moncton will be in Rankin Inlet on August 29 and HMCS Shawinigan will be in the Hamlet of Arctic Bay on September 8.