{"id":37663,"date":"2020-08-04T20:11:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/04\/brrrrr-navy-to-conduct-small-boat-operations-in-the-arctic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:37:14","slug":"brrrrr-navy-to-conduct-small-boat-operations-in-the-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/08\/04\/brrrrr-navy-to-conduct-small-boat-operations-in-the-arctic\/","title":{"rendered":"Brrrrr! Navy to conduct small-boat operations in the Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy surface fleet\u2019s reintroduction to far north operations will continue in the coming weeks as small-boat operations will be conducted in the frigid waters of the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guided-missile destroyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/surflant\/ddg116\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=_blank>Thomas Hudner<\/a> is heading up the Davis Strait west of Greenland for the multinational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/services\/operations\/military-operations\/current-operations\/operation-nanook.html\" target=_blank>Operation Nanook<\/a> exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of that, rigid hull inflatable boats, also known as RHIBs, will launch from the warship, according to Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/11\/28\/commander-of-2nd-fleet-latest-to-sound-alarm-over-russian-subs\/\" target=_blank>U.S. 2nd Fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is the first time we\u2019re putting a boat in the water recently in these temperature climates,\u201d Lewis told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RHIB operation will mirror ones taken in warmer waters, but the nature of Arctic operations present a new learning curve for the crew, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/11\/28\/commander-of-2nd-fleet-latest-to-sound-alarm-over-russian-subs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vadm-andrew-lewis.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Commander of 2nd Fleet latest to sound alarm over Russian subs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Vice Adm. 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