Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin Hedden, Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa command chief, participates in a NATO Aircrew Winter Survival Course “Through the Ice” exercise during a Nordic Regional CSEL Engagement, Jan. 21, 2023, in Rauland, Kingdom of Norway. The purpose of the exercise is to give participants firsthand knowledge on how to survive the cold of the arctic and train them how to remove themselves from an emergency such as falling into a frozen body of water.

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Keywords: arctic, denmark, finland, nato, nordic, norway, sweden