Arctic Rangers Complete Two-Week Patrol

But there are mounting concerns that despite their incredible skill on the land, the Rangers aren't enough to defend the country's Arctic sovereignty, or respond to emergencies in the Far North. Nonetheless, the patrol was a dramatic and arduous undertaking in the best of weather that the blizzard made nearly impossible. "We were losing people 10 feet [three metres] in front of us," said Joshua Esau, a Canadian Ranger from Sachs Harbour, in the N.W.T. "It was pretty wicked," said group Sgt. Major Gerry Westcott. "We had almost no visibility." http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5c262b0b-47d4-46a8-97b2-72c3ad205f9b&k=51743 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on April 11, 2006]

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