Operation Nevus

Previously called Operation Hurricane, the name was changed in 2007. The goal of the Operation is to Maitain the HADCS, a chain of satellite-uplink sites and unmanned, remote-functioning, line-of-sight microwave repeating stations stretching more than 500 kilometres between CFS Alert and Fort Eureka, a research station on the west coast of Ellesmere Island. The HADCS are a critical communication link between the high Arctic specifically Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island and government communications centres in Ottawa. It was built because CFS Alert is too far north to link to geosynchronous communications satellites orbiting over the Equator. To read more about the topic visit: http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-canada-north-america-recurring/op-nevus.page