Kugaaruk

Basler BT-67 and Twin Otter at Kugaaruk CYBB (formerly known as Pelly Bay) in Nunavut

I occasionally hear about airliners landing in the frozen when the encounter problems flying from Europe or Japan. I've read about ski planes in Alaska and I've posted a couple of pictures of airplanes flying into Antarctica, but this is the first time I've seen an airplane up here.

A Basler-BT67 is essentially a DC-3 equipped with turboprop engines.



Nakurmiik - Hooké Film
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Kugaaruk has an airfield and North Warning System Radar station nearby.

Kugaaruk, NU, Canada
Area shown is roughly 2,500 miles across and 1,500 miles north to south

Last time we were in this area we were reading The Terror about Franklin's disastrous voyage to find the Northwest Passage back in 1845, and we were a hundred miles to the west on the other side of the penninsula.

Update January 2024 corrected video id.