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Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] 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 . [ 7 ]
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [1] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station off what is now Cape Sheridan, Nunavut in 1875–1876. [6] U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson in front of CFS Alert welcome sign
Alert Airport (IATA: YLT, ICAO: CYLT) is located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately 830 km (520 mi) south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert. A weather station was established on the site in 1950, and in 1957 construction began on the military ...
The Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory is an atmospheric baseline station operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada located about 6 km (3.7 mi) south south-west of Alert, Nunavut, on the north-eastern tip of Ellesmere Island, about 800 km (500 mi) south of the geographic North Pole.
Robertson Lake, Nunavut 32.6 °C (90.7 °F) Highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada. Date Recorded ... Alert, Nunavut: −19.4 °C (−3 °F) 2003
Alert, Nunavut Canada 1986 Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station: Devon Island, Nunavut Canada 2001 9 9 Himadri [11] Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway India 2008 8 Igloolik Research Centre [12] Igloolik, Nunavut Canada 1975 22 10 IndARC [13] Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway India 2014 International Biological Station Lena-Nordenskiöld [14] Tiksi, Sakha
Nunavut [a] is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, ... Alert. [15] Eureka, ...
CS Alert, the name of several cable-laying ships; HMS Alert, the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy Alert-class sloop; SS Alert, a steamship that sank off Victoria, Australia in 1893; USS Alert or USCGC Alert, the name of several ships of the US Navy or US Coast Guard; Alert (sternwheeler 1865), a steamboat in Oregon, U.S.