Santa's Polar Sqdn - Subdued - Kuvianak Innovia

The night operations, arctic/polar blue, subdued camouflage version unit patch of the mythical 1st Polar Airlift Squadron, to which are assigned Santa's eight reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. A reindeer (caribou) appears within a blue ring. Text reading, "1ST POLAR AIRLIFT SQUADRON" and the squadron motto, "UNA NOCTA TOTIUS MUNDI" (Latin: The entire world in one night) appears on the ring. Text reading, "Santa's Own" appears below the Reindeer. Inuktitut text reading "Kuvianak Innovia" (ᑯᕕᐊᓇᒃ ᐃᓄᕕᐊ - Merry Christmas), in the syllabic alphabet adopted in Nunavut, appears at the top. The First Polar Airlift Squadron (1st PAS) has a long and storied history. Based at the North Pole, the 1st PAS is best known for providing airlift for Santa Claus during his annual, global, nocturnal delivery using venerable, reliable air-mobile Reindeer (aka Caribou - Rangifer tarandus) generally deployed in teams of eight. For operations during inclement weather the squadron maintains one Reindeer equipped with a "RUDOLPH" enhanced red navigation lighting system. For heavylift missions at other times of the year the 1st PAS also maintains a fleet of air-mobile Moose (Alces alces). The Inuit are commonly referred to as Eskimo, but that term is now disfavored as it is considered to be pejorative.