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First opened in 1958 as Alert Wireless Station, call sign VDH, the station's name changed to CFS (Canadian Forces Station) Alert as a result of Unification and it became a part of the Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System. The station's mission is to maintain signals intelligence collection and geolocation facilities in support of the Canadian cryptologic program; to maintain radio frequency direction finding facilities in support of search and rescue (SAR) and other programs; and to provide support services to other organizations as directed. During the Cold War, Alert was a key asset in the UKUSA network of SIGINT collection stations. CFS Alert, Nunavut is the most northern permanently inhabited settlement in the world. It is situated on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.

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