Alert

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Alert is a small Canadian military and research station in Nunavut, recognized as the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military station
research station
settlement
administrativeStatus unincorporated place
belongsTo Inuit Nunangat
surface form: Inuit Nunangat (broad Inuit homelands region)
climate polar climate
climateClassification ET (tundra) / ice cap characteristics
coordinateLatitude approximately 82.5°N
coordinateLongitude approximately 62.3°W
country Canada
distanceToNorthPole approximately 817 km
environment permafrost
polar desert
foundedAs weather station
hasExtreme long polar night in winter
midnight sun in summer
hasFacility airstrip
radar and communications installations
residential quarters
scientific laboratories
hasFunction atmospheric research
communications relay
meteorological research
signals intelligence
languageUsed English
French
locatedIn Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Canadian High Arctic
surface form: High Arctic

Nunavut
Qikiqtaaluk Region
locatedNear Arctic Ocean
Lincoln Sea
locatedOn Ellesmere Island
namedAfter HMS Alert
surface form: HMS Alert (Royal Navy ship)
operatedBy Canadian forces
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Department of National Defence
surface form: Department of National Defence (Canada)
partOf Canadian Forces Station Alert
population fewer than 100 permanent personnel
populationType rotational military and scientific staff
recognizedAs northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world
subjectTo extreme cold temperatures
supplyMethod air transport
timezone UTC−05:00 (standard, often aligned with Eastern Time)
usedFor Arctic sovereignty operations
defence and security monitoring
environmental monitoring

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