The northernmost

The military base in the settlement of Alert (Ellesmere Island, Canada) -
the world's most northern settlement with permanent residents. Alert located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, just 817 kilometers from the North Pole.
In 2005 at Alert permanently resided five people, not counting the military (70 pers.), Employees at the Canadian military base and employees of the meteorological station.





2. Military and research station in the settlement of Nord (Greenland, Denmark)
It is located 1,700 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle and 924 kilometers from the North Pole. A RESIDENT of 5 sailors are replaced every 26 months, in the summer they are joined by some 20 scientists.



3. Eureka Research Station (Ellesmere Island, Canada)
Little scientific research station in Eureka (Eureka) consists of a runway 1474 meters and 8 military,
to maintain communication and equipment.



4. Research the settlement of Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard, Norway)
Ny-Alesund was founded by Kings Bay Kull Compani in 1916, coal mining, which began in 1917 and stopped in 1963 because of frequent landslides and methane explosions in mines, povlёkshih the deaths of the workers.



5. Miner's settlement Pyramid (Svalbard, Norway)
Russian miners' village on the island of Spitsbergen archipelago of Svalbard. In 2000 he was laid up with the plan of re-opening in 2007, is now
6 people living there, who are engaged in resettlement.



6. This village (Greenland, Denmark)
Abandoned village in the north of Greenland is located 1295 kilometers from the North Pole.



7. The settlement is Longyearbyen (Svalbard, Norway)
large settlements and the administrative center of the province of the Norwegian Svalbard population of over 1,000 people.
Svalbard from October to February comes the polar night. In June-August the temperature rises above zero, but rarely drop below -20 ° C.



8. The settlement of Barentsburg (Svalbard, Norway)
 - The second largest settlement on Svalbard - about 500 residents - Russian and Ukrainian.



9. The settlement Sveagruva (Svalbard, Norway)
 - The main point of modern coal mining on Svalbard. At present, it is practically the only producer of coal in the archipelago and accurately only send the products to the mainland. The whole village and surrounding area are privately owned and are owned Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani AS.
Permanent population in the village there, the workers come to watch, the rest of the time spent in Longire or flying to the continent.



10. The settlement Siorapaluk (Greenland, Denmark) -
a village near Tula qaasuitsup in the commune, in the north of Greenland and is one of the northernmost settlements in the world.
Siorapaluk has the power, direct satellite radio and TV broadcasting, telephone and shop. The school of the village combined with its church and a small public library. The village is regularly visited by a doctor and a dentist.

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