Gallery: Declassified Spy Outpost Lurks on the Dark Side of the Earth

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    Charles Stankievech ©2012
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    *Charles Stankievech filming at CFS ALERT Signals Intelligence Station, 2011.*
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    *Stankievech traveled to the ALERT Signals Intelligence Station on a Hercules C-130J*
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    TSA *installation shot in Ottawa.*
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    TSA *installation shot in Ottawa.*
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