On August 21, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), and Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for Yukon, is given a tour of the Cold Climate Innovation Centre at Yukon College by Dr. Katherine Stewart, Yukon Research Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is briefed on vacuum insulation panels in relation to hot hut technology by Stephen Mooney, Director of the Cold Climate Innovation Centre, during his tour of the Cold Climate Innovation Centre. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Ed Holder and Ryan Leef, is shown a section of permafrost core during his tour of the Cold Climate Innovation Centre. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces the launch of the National Research Council (NRC) Arctic Program at Yukon College. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets students and staff of Yukon College. Prime Minister Stephen Harper poses for a photo with a group of young canoers along Miles Canyon in the Yukon. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper walk along Miles Canyon Trail in the Yukon. Prime Minister Stephen Harper goes for a boat ride along the Yukon River as he kicks off his ninth annual tour of Canada's northern territories. Laureen Harper goes for a boat ride along the Yukon River. Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers remarks at a members' event held at Archie and Karen Lang's private residence near Whitehorse, Yukon. On August 22, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is thanked for visiting Whitehorse, Yukon as he departs for Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is greeted by Canadian Rangers and by local residents upon his arrival in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper are given a tour of the Fort Smith community garden by Jackie Milne, President of the Territorial Farmers' Association. Ministers Bernard Valcourt and Leona Aglukkaq deliver remarks in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces measures to promote an economically viable, job-creating, commercial agricultural industry in Canada's North at Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Premier Bob McLeod delivers remarks in Fort Smith. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for the Yukon, deliver remarks at a members' event held at Queen Elizabeth Territorial Campground, near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Stephen Harper putts at the Fort Smith Golf Course in Northwest Territories. Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper cross the border into Northern Alberta from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, to pose for a photo. On August 23, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper depart Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper are greeted by Canadian Rangers upon their arrival in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Minister Leona Aglukkaq shows an old family photo to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Bernard Valcourt, Leona Aglukkaq, James Moore, Peter Taptuna, Premier of Nunavut, Senator Dennis Patterson, and Ryan Leef, speaks to media after participating in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Leona Aglukkaq, is briefed by Kate Moran, CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, about Ocean Networks Canada and the Cambridge Bay Observatory at the wharf in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets local residents in Cambridge Bay. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is bid farewell by Canadian Rangers upon his departure of Cambridge Bay for Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Leona Aglukkaq are greeted by Mayor of Pond Inlet, Charlie Inuarak, along with local residents upon their arrival in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper poses for a photo with a local resident in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. A rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) transports people to the HMCS Kingston near Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Stephen Harper poses for a photo along with John Geiger, president of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and the expedition team on board the HMCS Kingston near Pond Inlet, Nunavut. On August 24, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Leona Aglukkaq are briefed by Ryan Harris, Parks Canada, aboard the HMCS Kingston prior to participating in part of the 2014 Search for Franklin Expedition along the Northwest Passage. Prime Minister Stephen Harper explores part of the Northwest Passage on board a zodiac during his ninth annual tour of Canada's northern territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper inspect a piece of an iceberg aboard the HMCS Kingston. Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks to media while aboard the HMCS Kingston as part of the 2014 Search for Franklin Expedition along the Northwest Passage. Laureen Harper and Leona Aglukkaq watch a scientific equipment demo aboard the HMCS Kingston. Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks aboard the HMCS Kingston. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper take in the scenery aboard the HMCS Kingston. On August 25, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper arrive in Arctic Bay, Nunavut as part of his ninth annual tour of Canada's northern territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives in Pond Inlet, Nunavut as part of his ninth annual tour of Canada's northern territories and takes photos with residents. Stephen Harper shows his seal mittens to the camera. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by James Moore, Minister of Industry, Leona Aglukkaq and his wife Laureen Harper, announces significant support to boost high-speed internet in Nunavut and Nunavik. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is bid farewell by Canadian Rangers and Junior Rangers upon his departure of Pond Inlet for Iqaluit, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper depart Pond Inlet for Iqaluit, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper are greeted by Canadian Rangers, Junior Rangers, and military representatives upon their arrival in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Prime Minister Stephen Harper watches as local children and Canadian Olympians Hayley Wickenheiser, Kaillie Humphries and Charles Hamelin play hockey during a Canadian Tire/Project North event at Nakasuk Elementary School in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Laureen Harper drops the ball for local children as Gord Miller gives the play by play during a hockey game. Prime Minister Stephen Harper celebrates a goal as he plays hockey with local children and Canadian Olympians Hayley Wickenheiser, Kaillie Humphries and Charles Hamelin. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper deliver hockey equipment to local children during a Canadian Tire/Project North event. On August 26, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is greeted by Canadian Rangers and military personnel upon his arrival in York Sound, Nunavut for Operation NANOOK during the ninth annual tour of Canada's northern territories. Prime Minister Stephen Harper rides an ATV in York Sound, Nunavut as part of Operation NANOOK. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, watch as soldiers parachute into York Sound, Nunavut as part of Operation NANOOK. They chat with military personnel on board the HMCS Larson near York Sound, Nunavut. They watch as members of the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit rappel onto the Explorer cruise ship as part of Operation NANOOK. They participate in a round of target practice with members of the Canadian Rangers as part of Operation NANOOK. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Rob Nicholson and Brigadier-General Greg Loos, addresses members of the Canadian Armed Forces in York Sound, Nunavut after participating in Operation NANOOK during the ninth annual tour of Canada's northern territories. The following people are also depicted in the photographs: Ed Holder, Ryan Leef, Katherine Stewart, Stephen Mooney, Darrell Pasloski, Laureen Harper, Archie Lang, Karen Lang, Leona Aglukkaq, Bernard Valcourt, James Moore, Peter Taptuna, Dennis Patterson, Rick Whitaker, Jamie Cassels, Kate Moran, Charlie Inuarak, John Geiger, Ryan Harris, Hayley Wickenheiser, Kaillie Humphries, Charles Hamelin, Gord Miller, Rob Nicholson, Greg Loos.
