Canadian Pavehawks

Canada pledges Pavehawk helicopters to arrive within the hour, delivering critical lift capacity to Leo's office briefing attendees. Paul Hendricks highlights them as rescue assets amid high winds blocking other helicopters and shoreline residents with lost addresses after glacial collapse. Leo absorbs the logistics update alongside USGS experts, marking a brief relief in the evacuation scramble.

2 appearances

Purpose

Transport and evacuation of unreachable shoreline residents during glacial collapse crisis

Significance

Buys essential time for rescues hampered by weather and access issues, sharpening the pivot from operations to political fallout over climate-linked deaths

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E18 · Privateers

Kachadee Evacuation: Pavehawks En Route, Climate Toll Named

The Canadian Pavehawk helicopters are invoked as promised external lift arriving within the hour, functioning narratively as a tangible resource that buys time for rescues and symbolically as allied cooperation that mitigates immediate capacity shortfalls.

Before: Pledged by Canada and not yet on-scene; available as promised military/aid assets.

After: Committed and expected to arrive within the hour; operationally en route or being readied for deployment.

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S4E18 · Privateers

Naming Alaska's Deaths as Climate Fatalities

The Canadian Pavehawk helicopters are invoked as imminent, concrete aid: Paul's report that 'Canada's delivering the Pavehawks inside the hour' functions narratively as the single operational relief that can overcome airlift shortfalls, symbolizing international cooperation and a hope for expanded evacuation capacity.

Before: Located under Canadian control and prepared for deployment; pledged but not yet airborne with respect to the White House timeline.

After: Reported as en route and expected to arrive within the hour; their arrival is pending and becomes a near-term logistical variable for rescue planning.

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