ATCO. Facilities and infrastructure Alert Airport Cold storage building Construction engineering building Fire station Headquarters and Personnel Services (HAPS) building: Churchill Hall Living quarters: Chimo Hall, Ladner Hall, and Whitehorse Hall Gym Operations building: Polaris Hall Power plants: primary and backup Supply building Vehicle maintenance building Water treatment plant Main building The main building consists of five halls; Churchill Hall contains the administrative and main amenities on the station, such as a gathering area called the "beach", a dining room called Igloo Gardens, library, barber shop, radio station, post office, and a store. Chimo, Ladner, and Whitehorse halls are the three barrack blocks, which each barrack block containing three sections. Polaris Hall contains the operations branch. All halls and barrack blocks are connected by a linkway. Because of the cold climate, the doors leading in and out of the main building are the same as those for walk-in refrigerators. See also Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Drifting ice station (North Pole station) Nanisivik Naval Facility south Station Nord, Greenland CFS Frobisher Bay References External links CFS Alert (Canadian Forces) CFS Alert, J. Proc history page The Frozen Chosen - DND video on life in CFS Alert, YouTube Ellesmere Island Populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region Populated places in Arctic Canada Canadian Forces bases in Nunavut Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System Signals intelligence