For the first time since 1991, the American aircraft carrier entered the Arctic waters.

Harry Truman should take part in NATO’s largest alliance exercises since the end of the Cold War. Before that, the last time an American aircraft carrier entered the waters of the Arctic almost 30 years ago
US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman crossed the Arctic Circle to conduct operations in the Norwegian Sea. This is stated in the message on the website of the United States Naval Forces (Navy). It is assumed that there the aircraft carrier should take part in the largest, according to NATO estimates, military exercises (Trident Juncture 2018) of the block since the end of the Cold War.
In the waters of the Arctic, Harry S. Truman, as indicated in the report of the US Navy, entered into the shock group. She went to the north to demonstrate "the flexibility and strength of the US Navy," the press service said. Prior to that, the American aircraft carrier was last in the region in 1991, as the agency noted, in the NATO Star Navy aircraft carrier America participated in the North Star exercises.
“We are incredibly excited to conduct operations in the Norwegian Sea,” commander Harry S. Truman, captain Nick Dienna, commented on the situation. "It has been three decades since the aircraft carrier was tested in such an environment, and, despite the difficult weather conditions at sea, these [men and women on the aircraft carrier] men and women demonstrate that this ship can use the full range of its capabilities at any point peace, ”he added.

Earlier, on October 13, the commander of the European command of the US Armed Forces and the supreme commander of the combined forces of NATO in Europe, General Curtis Scaparotti, spoke about US plans to transfer Harry S. Truman to exercises in the Norwegian Sea. This aircraft carrier, as the military emphasized, should be a “demonstration of the capabilities” of the North Atlantic bloc. According to Scaparotti, his participation in ma nevra will be a response of NATO to the "activity of Russian submarines in the Atlantic."
The North Atlantic Alliance exercises will take place in the territorial waters of Norway from October 25 to November 7. About 50 thousand military personnel from all 29 member countries of the bloc should take part in them. Also they will participate in the military from Finland and Sweden.