HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- (Aug. 06, 2021) Ensign Keith Jordan, a crewmember aboard the 270-foot Famous-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Escanaba (WMEC 907), draws out plans for a formation exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy in preparation for Operation Nanook. The U.S. Coast Guard is again participating with partners in Operation Nanook, an annual sovereignty operation and maneuver warfare exercise conducted by the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dyxan Williams.)