Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, is located 13 km (8.1 mi) to the west.

Climate data is obtained from Alert Airport, approximately 12.5 km (7.8 mi) to the northwest.

Rain is rare in June and September and virtually unheard of during the remaining eight months of the year.

Alert is the fourth-driest locality in Nunavut and averaging only 158.3 mm (6.23 in) of precipitation per year, the vast majority of this occurring as snow.

Being far north of the Arctic Circle, the area experiences polar night from approximately 14 October to 27 February, and midnight sun from 7 April to 4 September.