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Dec 17, 2020 · December 17, 2020. View most recent obituaries published on the Web by funeral homes for area of Nunavut. More than 450 new Canadian obituaries add each day.
- Station Warrant Officer Patrick Marceau
- Master Cpl. Arthur Melanson
- Renee Cossitt, Interim Program Manager, Environment Canada
As the station's warrant officer, Patrick Marceau is responsible much of day-to-day goings on at the station. That includes controlling the wildlife around the station — which often means polar bears. When someone at the station spots a bear, they give Marceau a call on the radio. He goes out with another person and a shotgun to take a look and sca...
When Master Cpl. Arthur Melanson arrived in Alert a few months ago, from Shelburne, N.S., he made sure to bring his bagpipes. It turns out he is the only person there right now who knows how to play, making him the resident piper for special occasions. For Melanson, Alert's remote location often makes him feel like he lives in the middle of nowhere...
No matter the weather, Renee Cossitt or one of her teammates leaves the station's buildings four times a day to release weather balloons for Environment Canada. "I joined Environment Canada because I love the environment, so getting to go out and go hiking and getting to explore this beautiful place is great," she said. "It's pristine." She works w...
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Feb 3, 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. The nearest populated place is another 540 kilometers south, in Greenland, while the nearest Canadian city is over two thousand ...
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ZELLMANN, Harry William “Bill” — Died suddenly as the result of a tragic snowmobile accident in Baker Lake, Nunavut on Sunday, December 11, 2011, Harry William (Bill) Zellmann, age 61. Beloved husband of Andrea Murphy Zellmann. Wonderful brother to Elli Perrault (California), LaVerne White (Georgia), and Bob Zellmann (Virginia).
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world, [5] [6] on Ellesmere Island ( Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. [7] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station, off what is ...
Mar 15, 2022 · Nunavut was so wildly different than anything I’d experienced in my life. In all my travels across Canada since I’ve yet to experience anything like it. The vastness, the expansiveness uninterrupted by trees; the mosaic of colours of different moss and lichen on the ground. The northern lights, the people, the culture.
