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47 relations: Alert Airport, Alert, Nunavut, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, ATCO, Barracks, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia, Canadian Army, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Forces base, Cape Sheridan, CBC News, CFS Frobisher Bay, CFS Leitrim, Communications and Electronics Branch, Communications Security Establishment, Cryptography, Department of National Defence (Canada), Dining room, Distant Early Warning Line, Drifting ice station, Eastern Time Zone, ECHELON, Ellesmere Island, Five Eyes, HMS Alert (1856), Intercontinental ballistic missile, List of northernmost settlements, List of regions of Nunavut, Master warrant officer, Mess, Moscow, Nanisivik Naval Facility, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ottawa, Provinces and territories of Canada, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, September 11 attacks, Signals intelligence, Soviet Union, Station Nord, Greenland, Transport Canada, Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, YouTube.
- Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System
- Canadian Forces bases in Nunavut
- Populated places in Arctic Canada
- Populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region
Alert Airport
Alert Airport is located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately south of the true North Pole. CFS Alert and Alert Airport are Ellesmere Island.
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Alert, Nunavut
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, from the North Pole. CFS Alert and Alert, Nunavut are Ellesmere Island, Populated places in Arctic Canada and Populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region.
See CFS Alert and Alert, Nunavut
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth.
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ATCO
ATCO Ltd., operating as the ATCO Group, is a publicly-traded Canadian engineering, logistics and energy holding company based in Calgary, Alberta.
Barracks
Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel.
Canadian Armed Forces
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; Forces armées canadiennes, FAC) are the unified military forces of Canada, including land, sea, and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia
This is a table of the ranks and insignia of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.
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Canadian Forces base
A Canadian Forces base or CFB (base des Forces canadiennes, BFC) is a military installation of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Cape Sheridan
Cape Sheridan is on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island, Canada situated on the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean, on the mouth of Sheridan River, west bank. CFS Alert and Cape Sheridan are Ellesmere Island.
See CFS Alert and Cape Sheridan
CBC News
CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.
CFS Frobisher Bay
Canadian Forces Station Frobisher Bay was a military high-frequency direction-finding station located on Baffin Island at what is now Iqaluit, Nunavut. CFS Alert and CFS Frobisher Bay are Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System, Canadian Forces bases in Nunavut and signals intelligence.
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CFS Leitrim
Canadian Forces Station Leitrim, also referred to as CFS Leitrim, is a Canadian Forces Station located in the neighbourhood of Leitrim in Ottawa, Ontario. CFS Alert and CFS Leitrim are Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System and signals intelligence.
Communications and Electronics Branch
The Communications and Electronics Branch (Branche des communications et de l'électronique) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).
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Communications Security Establishment
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE; Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications, CST), formerly (from 2008-2014) called the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), is the Government of Canada's national cryptologic agency.
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Cryptography
Cryptography, or cryptology (from κρυπτÏŒς|translit.
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Department of National Defence (Canada)
The Department of National Defence (DND; Ministère de la Défense nationale) is the department of the Government of Canada which supports the Canadian Armed Forces in its role of defending Canadian national interests domestically and internationally.
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Dining room
A dining room is a room for consuming food.
Distant Early Warning Line
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska (see Project Stretchout and Project Bluegrass), in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland.
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Drifting ice station
A drifting ice station is a temporary or semi-permanent facility built on an ice floe.
See CFS Alert and Drifting ice station
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.
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ECHELON
ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program (signals intelligence/SIGINT collection and analysis network) operated by the five signatory states to the UKUSA Security Agreement:Given the 5 dialects that use the terms, UKUSA can be pronounced from "You-Q-SA" to "Oo-Coo-SA", AUSCANNZUKUS can be pronounced from "Oz-Can-Zuke-Us" to "Orse-Can-Zoo-Cuss". CFS Alert and ECHELON are signals intelligence.
Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island (lit; île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world.
See CFS Alert and Ellesmere Island
Five Eyes
The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an anglosphere intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
HMS Alert (1856)
HMS Alert was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the of the Royal Navy, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1894.
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Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than, primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).
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List of northernmost settlements
The most northern settlements on Earth are communities close to the North Pole, ranging from about 70° N to about 89° N. This is a list showing all of the northernmost settlements on Earth, which are all south of latitude 90° N. There are no permanent civilian settlements north of 79° N, the furthest north (78.55° N) being Ny-Ålesund, a permanent settlement of about 30 (in the winter) to 130 (in the summer) people on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.
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List of regions of Nunavut
The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which was established in 1999 from the Northwest Territories by the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, is divided into three regions.
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Master warrant officer
Master warrant officer (MWO) is a senior military rank in the Bangladesh Armed Forces, the Canadian Forces, Singapore Armed Forces, the South African National Defence Force and the Israel Defense Forces.
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Mess
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Nanisivik Naval Facility
The Nanisivik Naval Facility (installation navale de Nanisivik) is a Canadian Forces naval facility on Baffin Island, Nunavut. CFS Alert and Nanisivik Naval Facility are Canadian Forces bases in Nunavut.
See CFS Alert and Nanisivik Naval Facility
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada.
See CFS Alert and Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.
Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Provinces and territories of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.
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Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: á•¿á‘á–…á‘–á“—á’ƒ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Armed Forces.
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Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; Marine royale canadienne, MRC) is the naval force of Canada.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
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Signals intelligence
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is the act and field of intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Station Nord, Greenland
Station Nord is a military and scientific station in northeastern Greenland 1700 km north of the Arctic Circle.
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Transport Canada
Transport Canada (Transports Canada) is the department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of road, rail, marine and air transportation in Canada.
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Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces
The unification of the Canadian Armed Forces took place on 1 February 1968, when the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged to form the Canadian Armed Forces.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
See also
Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System
- CFB Gander
- CFS Alert
- CFS Bermuda
- CFS Churchill
- CFS Coverdale
- CFS Frobisher Bay
- CFS Gloucester
- CFS Inuvik
- CFS Leitrim
- CFS Masset
- RCAF Station Flin Flon
- RCAF Station Whitehorse
Canadian Forces bases in Nunavut
- CFS Alert
- CFS Frobisher Bay
- CFS Resolution Island
- Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Rankin Inlet
- Nanisivik Naval Facility
Populated places in Arctic Canada
- Aklavik
- Alert, Nunavut
- Arctic Bay
- CFS Alert
- Cambridge Bay
- Camp Hazen
- Clyde River, Nunavut
- Colville Lake, Northwest Territories
- Eureka, Nunavut
- Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
- Gjoa Haven
- Grise Fiord
- Igloolik
- Inuvik
- Kugaaruk
- Kugluktuk
- McGill Arctic Research Station
- Old Crow, Yukon
- Paulatuk
- Pond Inlet
- Qikiqtarjuaq
- Resolute, Nunavut
- Sachs Harbour
- Sanirajak
- Taloyoak
- Tsiigehtchic
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Ulukhaktok
Populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Alert, Nunavut
- Apex, Iqaluit
- CFS Alert
- Camp Hazen
- Eureka, Nunavut
- Iqaluit
- McGill Arctic Research Station
References
Also known as Canadian Forces Station Alert, Station des Forces Canadiennes Alert.