For the first time in my life tonight, I’ve pondered this strange question… How exactly does one get to Alert, Nunavut (the most northernly permanently inhabited place in the world)?

I’ve always wanted to travel to places that few others have gone; you know, like Antarctica, Svalbard, Alert, Siberia, and random islands scattered throughout the oceans. There’s something about seeing something that only a priveleged few have been lucky enough to see.

As part of this quest, I decided to do some Google research tonight to see if it is actually possible to go to Alert as a Civilian (it’s a military airport and establishment). Apparently you can go there if you get a contract from the DND, but other than that you’d have to charter a flight, or dog sled across hundreds of kilometres to get there. Apparently there’s a cargo ship that goes there in the summer months, but that’s a whole other issue.

Am I crazy?