Resolute Bay, Canada

Resolute Bay is a small remote settlement on Cornwallis Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It sits on the southern edge of the high arctic where the climate is very dry and very cold, with an average annual temperature of -15C. The town was originally the site of a weather station and air base but in the early 1950s, Inuit from Northern Quebec were forcibly relocated to Resolute Bay to promote Canadian sovereignty over the region. Today the settlement has a population of just under 200.