Louie Palu

Distant Early Warning

  • Louie Palu, A Canadian Arctic Operations Advisor seen on a reconnaissance patrol in the High Arctic near Resolute Bay in Nunavut, Canada, at temperatures below -50 degrees (-58 F) with the windchill in the High Arctic, 2018
    A Canadian Arctic Operations Advisor seen on a reconnaissance patrol in the High Arctic near Resolute Bay in Nunavut, Canada, at temperatures below -50 degrees (-58 F) with the windchill in the High Arctic, 2018
  • Louie Palu, Canadian soldiers in Resolute Bay, Nunavut tunneling into the side of a hill creating a shelter known as a snow cave. This is an improvised shelter for survival in extreme Arctic weather when there is limited or lack of conventional shelter like a tent av, 2018
    Canadian soldiers in Resolute Bay, Nunavut tunneling into the side of a hill creating a shelter known as a snow cave. This is an improvised shelter for survival in extreme Arctic weather when there is limited or lack of conventional shelter like a tent av, 2018
  • Louie Palu, Canadian soldiers on the Arctic Operations Advisors course build an igloo as an improvised survival shelter at the Crystal City training facility near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, in temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius (-58 F). All Canadian soldiers from, 2018
    Canadian soldiers on the Arctic Operations Advisors course build an igloo as an improvised survival shelter at the Crystal City training facility near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, in temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius (-58 F). All Canadian soldiers from, 2018
  • Louie Palu, Just south of the Arctic Circle soldiers from US Army Alaska parachute from aircraft onto the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, which is a US Army launch site for counter ballistic missiles, 2018
    Just south of the Arctic Circle soldiers from US Army Alaska parachute from aircraft onto the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, which is a US Army launch site for counter ballistic missiles, 2018
  • Louie Palu, On reconnaissance outside Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic Operations Advisors walk on the wreckage of an airplane in temperatures below minus 50 degrees Celsius, 2018
    On reconnaissance outside Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic Operations Advisors walk on the wreckage of an airplane in temperatures below minus 50 degrees Celsius, 2018
  • Louie Palu, The USS Connecticut, a US Navy nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, seen surfaced through the ice in the Beaufort Sea during operations and weapons testing north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 2018
    The USS Connecticut, a US Navy nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, seen surfaced through the ice in the Beaufort Sea during operations and weapons testing north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 2018
  • Louie Palu, A Canadian flight engineer on an Arctic Survival course at Resolute Bay, Nunavut seen lying in a trench during a lesson on cutting snow blocks. January is a month in the Arctic which sees nearly 24-hours of darkness and extreme cold and are normal conditi, 2017
    A Canadian flight engineer on an Arctic Survival course at Resolute Bay, Nunavut seen lying in a trench during a lesson on cutting snow blocks. January is a month in the Arctic which sees nearly 24-hours of darkness and extreme cold and are normal conditi, 2017
  • Louie Palu, Canadian Rangers from Resolute Bay and Arctic Bay train soldiers in Arctic survival at temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius at the Crystal City training site in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, 2017
    Canadian Rangers from Resolute Bay and Arctic Bay train soldiers in Arctic survival at temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius at the Crystal City training site in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, 2017
  • Louie Palu, Snow blocks shaped into an X stained with red smoke grenades by Canadian soldiers and airmen training to signal rescue aircraft, at the Crystal City training facility in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, 2017
    Snow blocks shaped into an X stained with red smoke grenades by Canadian soldiers and airmen training to signal rescue aircraft, at the Crystal City training facility in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, 2017
  • Louie Palu, The Fox-Main Long Range Radar site, also known as Site 30, part of the North Warning System that superseded the Distant Early Warning Line begun in 1954 to detect possible Russian missile and bomber attacks. This facility is located in the community of Ha, 2017
    The Fox-Main Long Range Radar site, also known as Site 30, part of the North Warning System that superseded the Distant Early Warning Line begun in 1954 to detect possible Russian missile and bomber attacks. This facility is located in the community of Ha, 2017
  • Louie Palu, The headlight from a snowmobile driven by a Canadian Ranger illuminates a treeless landscape in a snowstorm during a Type 1 Patrol and caribou hunt several hours outside Gjoa Haven, King William Island, Nunavut, 2017
    The headlight from a snowmobile driven by a Canadian Ranger illuminates a treeless landscape in a snowstorm during a Type 1 Patrol and caribou hunt several hours outside Gjoa Haven, King William Island, Nunavut, 2017