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.
Nakurmiik - Hooké Film
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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.
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