Talk:Grise Fiord, Nunavut

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[edit] Northernmost community?

I have an atlas that shows several communities more northerly than Grise Fiord. It shows a town called Eureka on the western shore of Ellesmere Island at 80° north, and even further north, a town called Alert at the extreme northeastern tip of the island (maybe 82° north). It also shows a town called Isachsen on Ellef Ringnes Island to the west of Ellesmere, almost directly north of the north magnetic pole, with a latitude of about 79° north. I don't know anything about these communities. Maybe they're not permanent settlements. Does anyone else know? —Bkell 20:40, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I just had a fascinating idea—I should find some information on these communities. Look for more information coming soon. —Bkell 20:45, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Google knows all - check out [1], they seem to be weather stations. Stan 06:14, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Alert claims to be the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. It is basically a military base, however. Perhaps Grise Fiord is the northernmost permanent "natural" settlement, in the sense that it was not established for military or meteorological reasons. Is this true? —Bkell 08:07, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Probably in the bowels of the Canadian government you can find an official definition of "community" that mentions permanent habitation, home or land ownership, voting, things like that, while "settlement" says no more than that there are people sleeping there on a regular basis. For WP's purposes it's sufficient to use the entities' self-descriptions and not inquire further, but if you want to risk madness by inquiring into the bureaucracy's definitions, it would help to find out and then add to community and settlement as the official Canadian definitions (other countries having different definitions for these). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stan Shebs (talk • contribs)

Thule is a "natural" settlement, and seems to be located north of Grise Fiord. (58.188.97.134 04:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC))