Imagine getting shipped off to the permanently inhabited settlement that is closest to the geographic North Pole, at the end of summer, to spend six months in a place so remote, it's like living on another planet. Now add that I would be so far north that 6 weeks into my visit, the sun would dip below the horizon to hide day and night for another several months. Darkness, hares, foxes, and wolves. And the craziest fraternity I could ever imagine. Welcome to Alert, Nunavut, home of Canadian Forces Station Alert.