1,100 Miles Into The Arctic: RAF C-17 Globemaster Lands At Earth’s Most Northerly Base

A Royal Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft has returned to the United Kingdom after conducting multiple supply missions to the northernmost permanently inhabited settlement in the world. Canadian Forces Station Alert (YLT) is located more than 82 degrees north in the territory of Nunavut, some 1,100 miles (1,770 km) into the Arctic Circle, and the C-17 flew there eight times from Pituffik (THU) inGreenland.