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Climate data for Alert (Alert Airport) Climate ID: 2400300; coordinates ; elevation: 30.5 m (100 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950–present [a] Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high humidex: 0.0 0.0 −2.4
Orthographic projection centred over Alert, Nunavut. 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.
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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 ...
In 1947, Canada and the United States built a weather station, Resolute Weather Station, and an airstrip as part of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations: known today as the High Arctic Weather Stations. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] This was followed in 1949 by a Royal Canadian Air Force base, RCAF Station Resolute Bay . [ 17 ]
Alert, Nunavut, the northernmost settlement in Canada and the world, experiences this from about November 19 to January 22. Its antipode ( 82°30′S 117°38′E / 82.500°S 117.633°E / -82.500; 117.633 ) experiences this from about May 19 to July 25
Alert and Eureka are part of Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized (permanent population 0 [17]) areas in the Qikiqtaaluk. Formerly, there was a mining town at Nanisivik . However, it and the Nanisivik Mine closed in 2002, with Nanisivik Airport closing in 2010 and all flights transferred to Arctic Bay Airport .