CFS Alert
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Canadian Forces Station Alert, often shortened to CFS Alert, is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
The station from the south, May 2016
U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson in front of CFS Alert welcome sign
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
CFS Alert
…intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. It takes its name from the Royal Navy vessel HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2…
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