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| Grise Fiord, is a small Inuit hamlet, Qikiqtaaluk Region in the territory of Nunavut.
Grise Fiord is the northernmost civilian settlement in North America, but was eclipsed by Alert as the North America's northernmost community when Environment Canada and the Canadian Forces began to station permanent personnel there.
Located at the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, Grise Fiord is one of three permanent settlements on the island. Grise Fiord lies 1160 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle.
The climate in Grise Fiord is extremely cold. Grise Fiord has an arctic climate, which means that there are less than 250 mm precipitation, and temperature stays well below zero degree Celsius for more than eight months of the year, and below +10°C the other months.
The lowest recorded temperature in Grise Fiord was -62.2 °C. The highest was 22.3 °C.
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