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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.
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
Disease-related deaths in Nunavut (2 C) This page was last edited on 27 September 2019, at 08:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Nancy Karetak-Lindell, former MP; Peter Kattuk, territorial politician; Davidee Kavik, artist; Simeonie Keenainak, accordionist and retired RCMP officer; Kikkik, Inuk woman charged and acquitted of causing the death of one of her children in starvation times
Nunavut 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 .
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 ...
1 Alert's value as a military base. 1 comment. 2 Edmonton. 6 comments. ... Orthographic projection centred over Alert Nunavut.png Nominated for Deletion. 1 comment. 9 ...
CBC News. February 11, 1999. Archived from the original on May 10, 2001. "Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada" (PDF). Amnesty International of Canada. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008. "The Death of Helen Betty Osborne".