A Chinese research vessel returns to Arctic water – and it appears to be watching Canada

Canadian military and possibly the Coast Guard is monitoring a Chinese research vessel as it returns to Arctic water from Alaska for the second year in one line.

Data compiled by Stephen Watkins, an independent researcher and ship tracker, a Canadian Air Force CP-140 monitoring aircraft shows that Xue Long (Snow Dragon) was flying in the area around 2 as it was out of the bearing straight on Sunday.

According to Watkins research, the aircraft moved from its Aadhaar to Encourage, Alaska on 9 July at Komox, BC. It has since been patrolled four, including the most recent vessel, which is China’s first domestic -manufactured polar research ship.

Despite publicly available flight tracking, showing the patrol route of CP -140, the National Defense Department will not confirm the presence of the aircraft on Monday and said it could not answer questions on immediate deployment.

The Air Force has noticed that the Canadian Coast Guard has left.

Coast Guard says it is monitoring illegal fishing

The Chinese snow ship left Shanghai on July 6 and passed close to Japan a few days before he moved north in Russian water.

Watkins wrote in his latest post, “CCGS Sir Wilfrid Lawrier was shalling all the way from Japan, which infallible his transit to live in international water.”

The Coast Guard shows the data, stuck with Xue Long 2 until it crossed the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia.

When asked about the mission of Sir Wilfrid Lawrier, The Coast Guard first provided a appreciation response and indicated CBC News for a 9 June media release, stating that the ship would organize high sea patrol in northern Pacific, which would “illegal, unpublished and unfamiliar (IUU) focus.”

Then late Monday night, the agency denied that it was shaking Zu Long 2.

The declared mission of the Coast Guard was to focus on the migrant routes for major species like Pacific Calman, “said this.

However, when the ship-tracking data is overlade with publicly available data on salmon migration routes, recently one-third of the journey includes salmon paths known.

According to the statement, the ship’s helicopter was also slated to patrol “to monitor fishing ships and to support fellow countries,” according to the statement, according to the statement.

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to expand the Canadian Coast Guard’s reach, safety mandate and capabilities as part of the Liberal government’s plan to increase the rescue of the country. After all, the federal government intends to integrate the civil agency, currently under the Fisheries Department, in Canada’s NATO defense capabilities, as Carney said in the last June, “Better secure our sovereignty and expand sea monitoring.”

In the last summer, Royal Canadian Navy A frigate sent to monitor Xue Long 2 During his visit to Arctic – a mission took more than a week to accept the National Defense Department.

Military experts described the Chinese snow research ship as a double-used vessel-suggesting that it has a military or defense ability.

British Columbia Arctic expert Michael Buyers said that he believes that Canadian officials need to be more upcoming about security threats they believe that the vessel is pose.

“One has to evaluate an appropriate threat,” Buyers told CBC News in an interview.

Byrs admitted that Chinese ship could collect data that is military relevant, but he asks that the word “double use” is dependent on beliefs rather than evidence.

Relations with China continue to tension and buyers said that the statements that are “potentially escalatry” what sugar are – and are not in the Arctic – need to be investigated carefully.

Saying that, he fully supports the monitoring activities of military and coast guards.

“We are very concerned about China as a growing military power, and obviously China is strongly supporting Russia regarding Ukraine’s invasion of Ukraine,” said Buyers.

“So yes, if a Chinese government ship is sailing anywhere near the United States or Canada, yes, we will monitor it.”