[4] The first European to visit Cornwallis Island was the British Arctic explorer and naval officer Sir William Edward Parry in 1819.

[5] Cornwallis Island is also home to microbiological colonies known as hypoliths, from their tendency to take hold under ("hypo") stones ("lith").

[2] Resolute Bay Airport acts as a transportation hub for the central islands of the high Arctic of Nunavut.

[7] Resolute has a very dry climate with an average precipitation of 164.1 mm (6.46 in) a year, most of it falling as snow from September to November.

[8] Between around April 30 and August 13, Resolute experiences midnight sun; whilst between around November 7 and February 4 there is polar night.