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for Canadian, UK, and French military personnel—primarily pilots and air crew from Canada—learn how to build snow caves at the Canadian Forces Crystal City training facility near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Snow caves are one of several types of shelter that soldiers must learn to build in order to survive in the Arctic in the event of an emergency. The soldiers in this course spent an entire week living and sleeping outdoors in temperatures below -50°C.
Artist
Louie Palu
born 1968
Canadian, UK, and French military personnel—primarily pilots and air crew from Canada—learn how to build snow caves at the Canadian Forces Crystal City training facility near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Snow caves are one of several types of shelter that soldiers must learn to build in order to survive in the Arctic in the event of an emergency. The soldiers in this course spent an entire week living and sleeping outdoors in temperatures below -50°C.
Portfolio/SeriesDistant Early Warning
Datebetween 2015 and 2018, printed 2019
Medium/Materialspigment print
Dimensions50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Credit LineGift of the artist in memory of Fiorina and Giuseppe Palu
Object Number2023.1.22
DepartmentPERMANENT COLLECTION