Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the 展开

While Alert has no permanent residents, it has been continuously inhabited since April 1950. This population, while initially small, grew to upwards of … 展开

Alert has a polar climate, technically a tundra climate (ET) with characteristics of an ice cap climate (EF). There is complete snow cover for at least 10 months of the year on average and snow … 展开

• Bottenheim, Jan W.; Boudries, Hacene; Brickell, Peter C.; Atlas, Elliot (2002). "Alkenes in the Arctic boundary layer at Alert, Nunavut, Canada". … 展开

Alert is named after HMS Alert, a British ship that wintered about 10 km (6.2 mi) away in 1875–76. The ship's captain, George Nares, and his crew were the first recorded Europeans to … 展开

Since the beginning of the JAWS project, the Canadian Armed Forces had been interested in the establishment at Alert for several reasons: the JAWS facility extended Canadian sovereignty over a large uninhabited area which Canada claimed as its sovereign … 展开

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• Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, the northernmost settlement/town in the world with a permanent population of … 展开