Today we commemorate the 25th anniversary of Ako's birth. He was conceived and subsequently born in a small northernmost Canadian village called Alert, in the province of Nunavut. Due to the superstitious nature of Alert residents, mainly caused by long and harsh winters and general isolation, Ako was proclaimed a devil baby and locked in a dungeon for 21 years, until he escaped to Ontario, his current place of residence.
Alert is located 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Cape Sheridan, the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, on the shore of the ice-covered Lincoln Sea. Alert lies just 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole; the nearest Canadian city is Iqaluit, the capital of the territory of Nunavut, 2,092 km (1,300 mi) away.
