- Eureka, Nunavut
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subdivision_name2 =Qikiqtaaluk Region
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subdivision_name3 =Queen Elizabeth Islands
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established_date =April 11 ,1947
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footnotes = Eureka is a small research base onEllesmere Island ,Qikiqtaaluk Region , in the Canadian territory ofNunavut . It is located on the north side ofSlidre Fiord , which entersEureka Sound further west. It is the second-northernmost permanent research community in the world. The only one further north is Alert, which is also on Ellesmere Island. In2005 , it reported a permanent population of zero but has at least 8 staff on a continuous rotational basis. The base consists of three areas, the Eureka Airport which includes "Fort Eureka " (the quarters for military personnel maintaining the island's communications equipment), theEnvironment Canada Weather Station, and thePolar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), formerly theArctic Stratospheric Ozone Observatory (AStrO). PEARL is operated by a consortium of Canadian university researchers and government agencies known as the Canadian Network for Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC). Eureka's postal code is X0A 0G0 (indicating a Nunavut/Northwest Territories address), however its area code is 204 (indicatingManitoba ).Eureka was founded on
April 11 ,1947 , as part of a requirement to set up a network of Arcticweather station s. On this date, 110short ton s (100metric ton s) of supplies were airlifted to a promising spot on Ellesmere Island and five prefabricated Jamesway huts were constructed. The station expanded over the years. At its peak, in the 1970s, there were at least fifteen staff on site. There have been several generations of buildings. The latest operations center, with work areas and staff quarters in one large structure, was completed in 2005.The first Canadian United States Joint Arctic Weather Station. Early Day Photo's can be found at:http://groups.msn.com/MouldBayEurekaIsachsenAlert/trinkoseureka1947.msnwThe complex is powered by diesel generators. The station is supplied on a bi-weekly basis with fresh food and mail by air, and annually in the late summer, a supply ship from
Montreal brings heavy supplies. The settlement sees themidnight sun betweenApril 10 andAugust 29 , with no sunlight at all between mid-October and late February. Eureka has the lowest average annual temperature and least precipitation of any weather station in Canada. Winters are frigid, but summers are slightly warmer than at other places in the Canadian Arctic. Even so, the temperature has never exceeded 20 °C (68 °F). Although a polar desert, evaporation is also very low, which allows the limited moisture to be made available for plants and wildlife.Infobox Weather
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location =Eureka, NU
Jan_REC_Hi_°C =-1.1
Feb_REC_Hi_°C =-1.1
Mar_REC_Hi_°C =-12.2
Apr_REC_Hi_°C =-2.8
May_REC_Hi_°C =7.5
Jun_REC_Hi_°C =17.8
Jul_REC_Hi_°C =20
Aug_REC_Hi_°C =16.7
Sep_REC_Hi_°C =9.3
Oct_REC_Hi_°C =5
Nov_REC_Hi_°C =-1.7
Dec_REC_Hi_°C =-2.1
Year_REC_Hi_°C =20
Jan_Hi_°C =-33.5
Feb_Hi_°C =-34.9
Mar_Hi_°C =-34
Apr_Hi_°C =-23.3
May_Hi_°C =-7.7
Jun_Hi_°C =4.8
Jul_Hi_°C =8.8
Aug_Hi_°C =4.8
Sep_Hi_°C =-4.8
Oct_Hi_°C =-18.3
Nov_Hi_°C =-27.4
Dec_Hi_°C =-31.2
Year_Hi_°C=-16.4
Jan_Lo_°C =-40.7
Feb_Lo_°C =-41.9
Mar_Lo_°C =-40.8
Apr_Lo_°C =-31.4
May_Lo_°C =-14.3
Jun_Lo_°C =-0.3
Jul_Lo_°C =2.6
Aug_Lo_°C =0.3
Sep_Lo_°C =-10.5
Oct_Lo_°C =-25.6
Nov_Lo_°C =-34.5
Dec_Lo_°C =-38.2
Year_Lo_°C =-22.9
Jan_REC_Lo_°C =-53.3
Feb_REC_Lo_°C =-55.3
Mar_REC_Lo_°C =-52.8
Apr_REC_Lo_°C =-48.9
May_REC_Lo_°C = -31.1
Jun_REC_Lo_°C =-13.9
Jul_REC_Lo_°C =-2.2
Aug_REC_Lo_°C =-11.2
Sep_REC_Lo_°C =-31.7
Oct_REC_Lo_°C =-41.7
Nov_REC_Lo_°C =-48.2
Dec_REC_Lo_°C =-51.7
Year_REC_Lo_°C =-55.3
Jan_Precip_mm =2.9
Feb_Precip_mm =2.6
Mar_Precip_mm =2.7
Apr_Precip_mm =3.5
May_Precip_mm =3.4
Jun_Precip_mm =8.1
Jul_Precip_mm =12.5
Aug_Precip_mm =14.9
Sep_Precip_mm =10.1
Oct_Precip_mm =7.9
Nov_Precip_mm =3.9
Dec_Precip_mm =3.3
Year_Precip_mm =75.5
source =Environment Canada [ [http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Eureka&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=1750& Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000] ]
accessdate = 2008-07-18Eureka has been described as "The Garden Spot of the Arctic" due to the flora and fauna abundant around the Eureka area, more so than anywhere else in the High Arctic. Fauna include
musk ox en, Arctic wolves,Arctic fox es,Arctic hare s, andlemming s. In addition, summer nesting geese, ducks, owls, loons, ravens, gulls and many other smaller birds nest, raise their young, and return south in August.At this latitude, a
geosynchronous communications satellite , if due south, would require an antenna to be pointed nearly horizontally; satellites farther east or west along that orbit would be below the horizon. CANDAC has installed what is likely the world's most northernly geosynchronous satellite ground-station to provide Internet based communications to PEARL.Other settlements on Ellesmere Island include Alert and Grise Fiord.
References
Further reading
* Couture, Nicole J. "Sensitivity of Permafrost Terrain in a High Arctic Polar Desert An Evaluation of Response to Disturbance Near Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut". Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2003. ISBN 061270405X
* Whyte, L. G., B. Goalen, J. Hawari, D. Labbe, C. W. Greer, and M. Nahir. 2001. "Bioremediation Treatability Assessment of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils from Eureka, Nunavut". "Cold Regions Science and Technology". 32, no. 2-3: 121-132.External links
* [http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/nu-11_metric_e.html Current weather conditions]
* [http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Eureka&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=1750& Eureka's Climate Statistics]
* [http://exp-studies.tor.ec.gc.ca/e/eureka/eureka.htm Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Observatory, Eureka]
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