Welcome sign at Isachsen 1974

Isachsen was a remote arctic research station on the western shore of Ellef Ringnes Island in the Sverdrup Islands, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada. The Arctic is the Region around the Earth 's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. Ellef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Nunavut, Canada. The Sverdrup Islands is an Archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Nunavut, Canada. Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It was founded to participate in a joint Canada-United States weather program. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The weather is a set of all the phenomena occurring in a given Atmosphere at a given Time. Isachsen operated from April 3, 1948 to September 19, 1978. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

In the 1950s Isachsen was a joint U. S. -Canadian weather station primarily taking radiosonde soundings. A radiosonde ( Sonde is French for Probe) is a unit for use in Weather balloons that measures various atmospheric parameters Along with soundings from similar stations such as Mould Bay, Eureka, and Alert this information was used to complete the North American data primarily used to forecast weather over the North Atlantic and long range forecasts for Europe. Eureka is a small research base on Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location

Isachsen was an isolated location with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying in supplies in the late spring and again in the early fall from a base at Resolute on Cornwallis Island. Resolute ( Inuktitut: iu-Latn Qausuittuq ( place with no dawn) sometimes Resolute Bay) is a Cornwallis Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. Resolute was supplied by sealift using cargo ships led by icebreakers in late summer. Sealift is a term used predominantly in Military logistics and refers to the use of Cargo ships for the deployment of military assets such as A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of Ship or vessel that carries Cargo, goods and materials from one port to another An icebreaker is a special purpose Ship or Boat designed to move and navigate through Ice -covered waters Isachsen's 8 man staff consisted of 4 Americans and 4 Canadians. The U. S. supplied two weather personnel, a cook, and a mechanic. Canada supplied two weather personnel and two radio operators as all communications was by shortwave radio using morse code. Shortwave Radio operates between the frequencies of 3000 KHz (3 Morse code is a Character encoding for transmitting telegraphic information using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters numerals Fuel oil (diesel) for the electrical generators, building heaters and cooking were shipped to the site by aircraft in 45 Imperial (UK) gallon (55 U.S. gallon, 205 litres) barrels. Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from Petroleum Distillation, either as a distillate or a residue Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum In Electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts Mechanical energy to Electrical energy, generally using Electromagnetic Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 US customary units, also known in the United States as English units or Imperial units (in reference to the British Empire) (but see English The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of Volume. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container traditionally made of Wood Staves and bound with Iron Hoops The

In the summer of 1958 the camp was rebuilt with prefabricated buildings flown in along with about a dozen construction personnel. Prefabricated building is a type of building that consists of several factory-built units that are assembled on-site to complete the unit The sun sets in October and it is totally dark for about three months with temperatures from -25 °F to -60 °F (-32 °C to -51 °C). Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. In the summer the sun is visible above the horizon 24 hours for about three months with temperatures from about 45 °F to 60 °F (7 °C to 16 °C).

There are no trees or shrubs this far north in the Arctic. There is only moss, lichen, and tiny flowers. Mosses are small soft Plants that are typically 1–10  cm (0 Lichens (ˈlaɪkən or /lɪtʃən/ are symbiotic associations of a Fungus (the mycobiont with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont also known as Wildlife is limited to Polar Bears, arctic fox and muskox. The polar bear ( Ursus maritimus) is a Bear native to the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas The Arctic Fox ( Vulpes lagopus) also known as the White Fox or Snow Fox, is a small Fox native to cold Arctic regions of the The muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) is an Arctic Mammal of the Bovidae family noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males

In 1956, a government plan was scrapped to resettle Inuit people at several high Arctic locations, which included Isachsen, Alert, Eureka, and Mould Bay. Inuit (plural the singular Inuk, means "man" or "person" is a general term for a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting If the plan had proceeded, a permanent town would have been established at Isachsen.

On October 31, 1971 the United States withdrew its participation in the weather program at the site, and this led to its decommissioning in 1978. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. An Automated Surface Observing System was placed at the site in 1989, linked by satellite. Automated airport weather stations are automated sensor suites which are designed to serve Aviation and meteorological observing needs for safe and efficient This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. Isachsen is uninhabited.

According to the Environment Canada Climate Severity Index, Isachsen and the surrounding area has the worst weather in Canada with a CSI value of 99 out of a possible 100. Environment Canada (EC, legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act ( R ^[1]

Photos of the remains of Isachsen Station can be seen on the Hilux Arctic Challenge website,^[2] taken by the Top Gear team on their trip to the nearby 1996 North Magnetic Pole in May 2007. Top Gear Polar Special was an episode of the popular series Top Gear, first broadcast on 25 July 2007 on BBC Two. Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi- NTA and International Emmy Award -winning BBC Television series about motor vehicles mainly The Earth's North Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the Earth's surface at which the Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards (i

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