• kersploosh
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      1110 months ago

      I don’t think anyone chooses to live in Alert. They are assigned 6-month tours of duty there.

    • @yildolw@lemmy.world
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      410 months ago

      It’s a military base. Russian bombers and ICBMs would fly over Alert in order to attack Toronto, therefore someone has to be there. The Arctic is also a contentious area for oil and gas exploration and as a way to bypass the Suez and Panama canals