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Canadian Forces Station Alert (French: Station des Forces canadiennes Alert), often shortened to CFS Alert (SFC Alert), is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Apr 1, 2009 · CFS Alert maintains signals intelligence facilities, geolocation capability and High Frequency and Direction Finding facilities to support Search and rescue and operations. It provides support to environment and climate change researchers. Alert also plays a key role in projecting Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic.
Sep 3, 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.
The February 1, 1968, unification of the RCN, RCAF, and Canadian Army to form the Canadian Armed Forces saw Alert Wireless Station change its name to Canadian Forces Station Alert (CFS Alert). Its personnel were no longer drawn from only the air force or navy, but primarily from the Canadian Forces Communications Command.
Aug 6, 2012 · Last Edited May 13, 2021. 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.
Operation BOXTOP is a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) mission to bring supplies to Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert. CFS Alert is remote, located on the northeast tip of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, just 817 km from the North Pole. As a result, the CAF concentrates on main supply periods for the station twice per year, once in the spring and once ...
Feb 1, 2019 · (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada) At any given moment, roughly 75 personnel of the Canadian Forces and some civilian contractors live at Canadian Forces Station Alert. Located on the...
