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- CFS Alert is situated on the north-eastern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is found at 82° 30' North latitude, and 62° 19' West longitude. This is approximately the same longitude as Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. CFS Alert is 817 km from the geographic North Pole.
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.
- Canada
- September 1, 1958
- 30 m (100 ft)
- Qikiqtaaluk
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.
Apr 1, 2009 · Location. CFS Alert is situated on the north-eastern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is found at 82° 30' North latitude, and 62° 19' West longitude. This is approximately the same longitude as Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Oct 30, 2017 · Every year, in the cold and darkness of late October, personnel at Canadian Forces Station Alert on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, gather at a cairn near the runway to remember the crew and passengers of Hercules 130322 who lost their lives during a resupply mission to the station.
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.
Canadian Forces Station Alert, often shortened to CFS Alert, is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Using the CC-130 Hercules, personnel from Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Namao, Alta. staging from Thule Air Force Base in Greenland, 710 kilometres (441 miles) to the southeast, flew round-the-clock missions carrying either fuel or freight. One lift involved dry cargo–vehicles and construction materials–and the other two involved jet and diesel fuel.
