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Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world, on Ellesmere Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole.
6 sie 2012 · Alert, Nunavut, is a Canadian military base stationed at the north end of Ellesmere Island. Located 817 km from the north pole, Alert is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. About 55 people live at Alert.
3 wrz 2018 · The people living at CFS Alert, Canada's northernmost military outpost, are there for one main reason — to work. The weather and intelligence station is home to fewer than 200 people.
3 lut 2017 · Located just over eight hundred kilometers away from the North Pole, the community of Alert, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, Canada, is the most northerly permanent settlement in the world.
31 mar 2009 · Alert, Nunavut, Canada on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island is the northernmost inhabited community on earth. The North Pole is only 508 miles away. The community was named after the HMS...
1 kwi 2009 · Located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, CFS Alert is the most northerly, permanently inhabited location in the world, located 817 kilometres (km) from the geographic North Pole. On April 1, 2009, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) took command of CFS Alert.
18 wrz 2023 · It is inaccessible by road or by train. Nonetheless, life has found a way. For nearly 75 years, humans have lived in some shape or form at this most extreme of locations. Its dramatic name comes from a British ship, HMS Alert, who spent the winter between 1875 and 1876 at the site.
