Greenland Tests Rescue Response
Military and civilian rescuers practiced responding to a ship collision off Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, the Danish Armed Forces reported on October 30.
Exercise TAPPIK brought together Joint Arctic Command, Greenland Police, Air Greenland and Aasiaat Radio. Crews searched for people in the water while treating simulated injuries aboard a tourist boat.
The collision scenario also involved a fishing vessel. Rescuers faced cardiac arrest, broken limbs and flooding below deck.
Decisions ashore, rescue at sea
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