Cartoon strip first published in Warships IFR magazine in January 2012.
Even during the Napoleonic Wars ships often went into Arctic regions, usually to protect the whalers. And the North West Passage had still not been navigated (until Roald Amundsen in 1906). Nowadays, thanks to global warming, the NWP is open often enough for Canada to have decided to invest in an additional eight Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships and another icebreaker, plus other support ships, just to protect her ‘new’ coastline.
Now, you may have missed the chance to buy some AB&OS merchandise for Christmas, but you could do it now. Remember it’s the only way Galf can recover some of the cost of this website, unless you choose to donate, of course.