7 0 s ▁and ▁ 8 0 s , ▁the ▁K w ak w aka ' w ak w ▁reg ained ▁their ▁poss essions ▁after ▁long ▁negoti ations . ▁The ▁returned ▁artifact s ▁are ▁hous ed ▁in ▁a ▁museum ▁at ▁the ▁U ' m ista ▁Cultural ▁Centre . ▁ ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁The ▁settlement ▁was ▁named ▁c . 1 8 6 0 ▁after ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy ▁ship ▁HMS ▁Alert , ▁which ▁conducted ▁survey ▁operations ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁ ▁Alert ▁Bay ▁has ▁an ▁ocean ic ▁climate ▁( K ö ppen ▁C fb ) ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁dry ing ▁t endency ▁in ▁summer . ▁Alert ▁Bay ▁is ▁heavily ▁moder ated ▁by ▁the ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Ocean ▁and ▁being ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁path way ▁of ▁low - press ure ▁systems ▁from ▁said ▁ocean , ▁heavy ▁annual ▁ra inf all ▁ens ues . ▁Winter ▁is ▁the ▁wet test ▁season , ▁but ▁snow fall ▁is ▁rare ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁average ▁l ows ▁above ▁free zing . ▁ ▁Ge ology ▁Vol can ic ▁features ▁in ▁the ▁ge ography ▁around ▁Alert ▁Bay ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Alert ▁Bay ▁Vol can ic ▁B elt . ▁It ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁active ▁in ▁Mi oc ene ▁and ▁P li oc ene ▁times . ▁No ▁Hol oc ene ▁er u ptions ▁are ▁known , ▁and ▁vol can ic ▁activity ▁in ▁the ▁bel t ▁has ▁likely ▁ceased . ▁ ▁Notable ▁People ▁▁ ▁brothers ▁B ing ▁Che w ▁W ong ▁and ▁Frank ▁B ing ▁W ong ▁- ▁Chinese