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The Wikipedia article itself contradicts this claim:
Alert, NU, is a science station and Canadian military outpost. It is no more "the northernmost continuously-inhabited place on Earth" than any of the science stations in Antarctica are the southernmost. Mwidunn ( talk) 20:23, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
We currently say
However I think it's much more likely that we're talking about the dew point, something not commonly measured in winter. Alternatively we could say that the relative humidity is extremely low indoors, .... but either way our climate table makes it plain that Alert has a fairly high relative humidity year-round, even in winter, which I believe is common to climates of the far north. — Soap — 15:27, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Also, I think a five-day growing season is essentially a matter of trivia, as it's really measuring the longest warm spell each year, rather than a season that will occur reliably and allow crops to grow. It's not wrong, but I wonder if it's worth omitting or at least rewording to something like "longest period without frost each year". — Soap — 15:30, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Google Maps claims that there is a Tim Hortons in Alert. A couple of people have removed any mention of a Tims there, and the Tim Hortons Store Locator doesn't recognize one up there.
Not to mention, there is supposedly an Angolese Embassy there as well. But that doesn't make sense because (1)building an embassy in Alert is a terrible idea unless it's Santa's embassy to Canada, (2) the correct endonym is Angolan, not Angolese, and (3) Angola already has a Canadian embassy in Ottawa. If anyone can shed some light on either of these (it's very likely that they're both pranks), I would much appreciate it. Timhortonsconspiracist ( talk) 21:45, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
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The Wikipedia article itself contradicts this claim:
Alert, NU, is a science station and Canadian military outpost. It is no more "the northernmost continuously-inhabited place on Earth" than any of the science stations in Antarctica are the southernmost. Mwidunn ( talk) 20:23, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
We currently say
However I think it's much more likely that we're talking about the dew point, something not commonly measured in winter. Alternatively we could say that the relative humidity is extremely low indoors, .... but either way our climate table makes it plain that Alert has a fairly high relative humidity year-round, even in winter, which I believe is common to climates of the far north. — Soap — 15:27, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Also, I think a five-day growing season is essentially a matter of trivia, as it's really measuring the longest warm spell each year, rather than a season that will occur reliably and allow crops to grow. It's not wrong, but I wonder if it's worth omitting or at least rewording to something like "longest period without frost each year". — Soap — 15:30, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Google Maps claims that there is a Tim Hortons in Alert. A couple of people have removed any mention of a Tims there, and the Tim Hortons Store Locator doesn't recognize one up there.
Not to mention, there is supposedly an Angolese Embassy there as well. But that doesn't make sense because (1)building an embassy in Alert is a terrible idea unless it's Santa's embassy to Canada, (2) the correct endonym is Angolan, not Angolese, and (3) Angola already has a Canadian embassy in Ottawa. If anyone can shed some light on either of these (it's very likely that they're both pranks), I would much appreciate it. Timhortonsconspiracist ( talk) 21:45, 23 May 2023 (UTC)