Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to the far north Monday for his week-long annual Arctic tour. He's done something like this every year that he's been prime minister. I'll be among the group of reporters travelling with the PM to cover this tour. (That's a pic, left, by the way of reporters arriving in Pangnirtung, NU last year on Harper's 2009 Arctic tour) This year, Harper will touch down in Churchill, MB, Cambridge Bay, NU, 
Resolute, NU, Inuvik, NT, Tuktoyaktuk, NT and Whitehorse, YK. Individual event details will not be provided by the PMO until the night before or the day of each event but here's the plan for Harper's tour as of this weekend (and these things do change). If you're in the neighbourhood, be sure to drop by and say hello:
(All times local)
MON AUG AUG 23
0900 – Ottawa: Wheels up
1130 – Churchill, MB – Wheels down
1230 – PM announcement
TUE AUG 24
A.M. (Time TBA) Churchill – Wheels up
A.M. (Time TBA) Cambridge Bay, NU –
Midday – PM announcement
1330 – Wheels up from CAMBRIDGE BAY, NU
1600 – Wheels down in RESOLUTE, NU
1645 – Photo opp – Navy diving exercise at Resolute Lake
WED AUG 25
0900 – In Resolute: PM will address troops participating in Operation Nanook
1030 – PM observes fuel leak containment exercises.
1130 – PM meets with community elders and leaders.
1500 – Wheels up from RESOLUTE NU
1700 – Wheels down in INUVIK, NWT
1800 – PM attends reception for party supporters.
THU AUG 26
0800 – Wheels up from INUVIK
0845 – Wheels down in TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT
1030 – PM announcement
1115 – Wheels up from TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT
1230 – Wheels down in WHITEHORSE, YK
1500 – PM participates in roundtable
1700 – PM attends reception for party supporters
FRI AUG 27
0900 – PM photo opp
1000 – PM announcement
1315 – Wheels up from WHITEHORSE, YK
2200 – Wheels down in OTTAWA.