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Alert is 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Cape Sheridan, the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, on the shore of the ice-covered Lincoln Sea. Alert lies just 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole ; the nearest Canadian city is Iqaluit , the capital of the territory of Nunavut, 2,092 km (1,300 mi) distant.
Marten Hartwell [1] (1925 – April 2, 2013) [2]: 18 [3] [4] was a German-Canadian bush pilot in the Canadian Arctic. [3] On November 8, 1972, the plane that Hartwell was flying on a medical evacuation crashed. [3] One passenger was killed on impact, another died shortly after, and the pilot had two broken ankles and could not walk. [3]
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
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Deaths from cancer in Nunavut (1 P) D. Disease-related deaths in Nunavut (2 C) This page was last edited on 27 September 2019, at 08:50 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Jose Kusugak (2 May 1950 – 18 [1] or 19 [2] January 2011) was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut), Canada. He was an activist for Inuit rights, language and culture .
Manasie Akpaliapik [12] 23 August 1955: Arctic Bay: NU: sculptor David Alagalak [13] 11 April 1944: Southampton Island: NU: politician Ovide Alakannuark [14] 25 December 1938: Pelly Bay: NU: politician Madeleine Allakariallak [15] Resolute: NU: musician and television journalist Titus Allooloo [16] 1953: Pond Inlet: NU: politician and business ...
The accident that Ordeal in the Arctic depicted, occurred on October 30, 1991, when Canadian Forces Lockheed CC-130E Hercules (130322), from 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron (a part of Operation Boxtop), was flying from Edmonton, Alberta via Thule Air Base, Greenland on a bi-annual resupply mission to Canadian Forces Station Alert. [1]