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.
Ellesmere Island
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Ellesmere Island is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of 197,790.33 km2, slightly smaller than Great Britain, and the total lengt
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 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. It takes its name from the Royal Navy vessel HMS…
Tundra in Quttinirpaaq National Park
HMS Alert off Cape Prescott in 1875
Fort Conger in Grinnel Land, May 1883
Air Force glacier in Quttinirpaaq National Park