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Aug 30, 2024 · Tristan da Cunha, a constituent part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, is home to the world’s most remote human settlement, officially called...
Oct 4, 2016 · This paper examines archaeological evidence for the human colonization and settlement of northeastern North America, from the late Pleistocene into the early Holocene.
- Jonathan C. Lothrop, Darrin L. Lowery, Arthur E. Spiess, Christopher J. Ellis
- 2016
Aug 29, 2019 · Humans might have first settled North America around 16,000 years ago, setting off on boats from northeast Asia and traveling along the Pacific Coast, new findings suggest. That's the...
- Alert
- Eureka
- Grise Fiord
- Resolute
- Arctic Bay
- Pond Inlet
- Sachs Harbour
- Ulukhaktok
Located in the Ellesmere Island’s northeastern tip in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, Alert is the country’s and the world’s northernmostpermanent human settlement. It is only 817 km away from the North Pole. It is located at a latitude of 82°28' N. Alert is home to around 62 individuals. Permanent settlement in Alert s...
Eureka is one of the world’s northernmost research settlements. It is located at latitude 79°59' N on the Fosheim Peninsula of Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island. It was established on April 11, 1947, as part of a program creating a network of research stations to monitor the Arctic weather conditions. Only about 8 individuals live at this research base at...
The second northernmost Canadian permanent settlement is that of Grise Fiord. It is also located on the Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. However, it is located to the south of Alert at the latitude 76°25' N. The average yearly temperature of Grise Fiord is −16.5 °C. The settlement has a larger population than Alert. Grise Fior...
Located at 74°41' N is another remote Canadian settlement, Resolute. It is an Inuit hamlet with a population of around 198 individuals. It is also a part of Nunavut and is on the Cornwallis Island at the Resolute Bay’s northern end. Resolute experiences an average annual temperature as low as −15.7 °C. This settlement served as the starting point o...
Arctic Bay is the fourth most northernmost Canadian permanent settlement. It is also inhabited by the Inuits and had a population of 868 in 2016. Arctic Bay is located on the Baffin Island’s Borden Peninsula in Nunavut at the latitude 73°02' N. The area that is now Arctic Bay is not new to human presence. People have lived in the area for nearly 50...
Pond Inlet is the northernmost Canadian settlement whose population is above 1,000 individuals. Pond Inlet is home to about 1,617 people. It is located at the latitude 72°42’ N in the Baffin Island of Nunavut.
Sachs Harbor is another extreme northern settlement of Canada. It is located at a latitude of 71°59' N in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories. It is home to a population of around 103 individuals. It is the only permanent human settlement on Banks Island. The people living in Sachs Harbor receive their supplies of food via barge or fligh...
The settlement of Ulukhaktok is located at latitude 70°44’N on the Victoria Island’s west coast in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It has a population of around 396 individuals. Printmaking is an important source of income for the people living here. Hunting, fishing, and trapping are other common activities.
Oct 30, 2020 · Throughout Canadian history, climate, natural resources, transportation methods and government policy have affected human settlement in the country. Today, the majority of Canadians live in cities in the southern portion of the country. (See also Human Geography and Canada.)
There are no human settlements due north of Saguenay all the way to the Canadian Arctic islands, except for a few isolated Cree and Inuit villages. Few roads connect with the area from the south and east.
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Combining geophysical and socioeconomic data sets is a powerful method to improve our understanding of exposure at a range of scales from local to global. The objective of this study is to better quantify the spatial distribution of human population and settlements within the world's coastal zones.
