LEFT
U.S. aviators practice
deploying signal flares
in the event of a crash
or forced landing. With
millions of square miles
of empty, inhospitable
landscape, the Arctic
presents huge logistical
challenges for search-
and-rescue operations.
BELOW
Canadian aviator
Simon Jean stretches
out in a fighter trench
he has begun to dig
by cutting out blocks
of ice. The trenches
can serve as basic
shelters, and the ice
blocks can also be used
for building igloos.THE NEW COLD WAR 65