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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.
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.
- 55.173 sq mi (142.898 km²)
- 100 ft (30 m)
- Canada
- April 9, 1950
Sep 3, 2018 · North · Photos. Life north of 80: Meet the people living at the top of the world. CFS Alert is located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, about 800 km from the nearest community. Alex Brockman · CBC...
Alert is a small Inuit community located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world and is known for its extreme weather conditions and research facilities.
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Sep 18, 2023 · Circa 1875. HMS Alert in the ice during the British Nares expedition to the Arctic. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The closest Canadian city is Iqaluit. Though it is also in the Nunavut territory, it’s a small matter of 1,300 miles away.
