Qikiqtaaluk Region
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The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region or Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for
Mount Odin, Auyuittuq National Park
Iqaluit waterfront, 2011
Sirmilik National Park
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
Qikiqtaaluk Region
…Sanirajak (891), Igloolik (2,049), Kimmirut (426), Pangnirtung (1,504), Pond Inlet (1,555), Qikiqtarjuaq (593), Resolute (183) and Sanikiluaq (1,010). Alert (CFS Alert) and Eureka are part of Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized (permanent population 0) areas in the Qikiqtaaluk. Formerly, there was a mining town at…
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.