Alert, Nunavut

Alert is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. It is located at {{coor dm|82|28|N|62|30|W|}}, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island on the shore of the Lincoln Sea, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada.

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North - Ellesmere Island - Lincoln Sea - Nunavut - Canada

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Alert had 5 permanent inhabitants in the 2001 census. Alert also has many temporary inhabitants as it hosts a military signals intelligence radio receiving facility at Canadian Forces Station Alert (CFS Alert), as well as a co-located Environment Canada weather station, an atmosphere monitoring laboratory, and the Alert Airport.

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2001 census - Canadian Forces Station Alert - Environment Canada - Atmosphere - Alert Airport

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The rugged terrain of the settlement is surrounded by hills and valleys. The shore is composed primarily of slate and shale, and the sea is covered with pack ice year-round. The local climate is actually semi-arid.

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Slate - Shale - Ice - Semi-arid

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Sir George Nares was the first to reach the northern end of Ellesmere Island; he arrived on HMS Alert in 1875–1876. The weather station was established in 1950, and the military station in 1958.

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George Nares - 1875 - 1876 - 1950 - 1958

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Alert is one of a handful of settlements in Canada's north that was not renamed in the 1980s and 1990s when many towns in the Northwest Territories (of which Nunavut was a part until 1999) were given Inuit names.

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1980s - 1990s - Northwest Territories - 1999 - Inuit

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Other settlements on Ellesmere Island: Eureka, Grise Fiord.

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Eureka - Grise Fiord

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The nearest large Canadian city to Alert is Edmonton, Alberta, which at 3475 km is more distant than Stockholm (3282 km).

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Edmonton, Alberta - Stockholm

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