THIS soldier looks like he’s ready. He has got the appearance of a Star Wars bounty hunter. The soldier was part of an operation called Musk-ox. It was an exercise held in the late forties in the Canadian Arctic. The main goal was to get fighting experience in the harsh climate of the Arctic. That was necessary because an enemy was emerging from the north: the Soviet Union. As one Canadian Cabinet Minister explained: ‘We all know that invasion of North America, if and when, will come from the north, not the south. We have to be ready (… ) We have to be able to live, travel and fight in the cold.’