Alert, Nunavut
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Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km from the Nor
The main CFS Alert complex from the south, May 2016
A sign at CFS Alert commemorating Alert as the northernmost permanently inhabited settlement in the world. The area has been inhabited since 1950.
The opening of the Alert Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network in 1986.
The remains of the Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster 965, which crashed in July 1950. Difficult Arctic conditions make landings in Alert hazardous.
Nunavut
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Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which prov
Alert, Nunavut
…Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude…
Depiction of an Inuit settlement on Boothia Peninsula in the 1830s, during John Ross' second expedition to find the Northwest Passage
A ceremony commemorating the establishment of Nunavut, April 1999
An aerial photo of Nunavut near the Roes Welcome Sound on April 22, 2017
CHARS is one of several Arctic research stations in Nunavut.