Alert | |
|---|---|
Pangkalan intelijen sinyal dan stasiun permusiman | |
 Observatorium kimia udara Environment Canada | |
| Motto: Inuit Nunangata Ungata | |
| Negara | Kanada |
| Teritorial | Nunavut |
| Wilayah | Wilayah Qikiqtaaluk |
| Populasi (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Zona waktu | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Musim panas (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Alert (penduduk permanen 2011 0,[1] tetapi diisi dengan personel militer dan ilmuwan), di Wilayah Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Kanada, adalah tempat tinggal permanen paling utara di dunia,[2] yang berada di 82°30'05" lintang utara, 817 kilometer (508 mi) dari Kutub Utara.[3] Nama kota ini berasal dari nama HMS Alert, yang berlabuh 10 km (6,2 mi) dari timur stasiun saat ini, yang sekarang ini adalah Tanjung Sheridan, pada 1875–1876.
Referensi
sunting- ^ a b [1] See rectified count of private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Baffin Unorganized, NO
- ^ Reynolds, Lindor (31 Agustus 2000). "Life is cold and hard and desolate at Alert, Nunavut". Guelph Mercury. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2012-11-04. Diakses tanggal 16 Maret 2010. ("Twice a year, the military resupply Alert, the world's northernmost settlement.")
- ^ "Alert, Nunavut". Government of Canada. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2008-08-09. Diakses tanggal 9 Agustus 2008.
Bacaan tambahan
sunting- Bottenheim, Jan W, Hacene Boudries, Peter C Brickell, and Elliot Atlas. 2002. "Alkenes in the Arctic Boundary Layer at Alert, Nunavut, Canada". Atmospheric Environment. 36, no. 15: 2585.
- Diggle, Dennis A., and David G. Otto. Drilling of an Arctic Protected Cable Route, Alert, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. [Victoria, B.C.]: Defence Research Establishment Pacific, Research and Development Branch, Dept. of National Defence, 1994.
- Morrison, R. I. G., N. C. Davidson, and Theunis Piersma. Daily Energy Expenditure and Water Turnover of Shorebirds at Alert, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Progress notes (Canadian Wildlife Service), no. 211. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1997. ISBN 0-662-25795-2
Pranala luar
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Alert, Nunavut.
- Canada National Defence page on CFS Alert Diarsipkan 2010-12-06 di Wayback Machine.
- Climate information Diarsipkan 2008-09-20 di Wayback Machine.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Alert, Nunavut Diarsipkan 2011-11-05 di Wayback Machine.
- Map of Nunavut showing location of Alert
- Current weather conditions (Weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca) Diarsipkan 2007-03-12 di Wayback Machine.
- Personal visit to CFS Alert
