named after the arctic exploration vessel , the community of resolute got its start in 1953 as part of the high arctic relocation. efforts to assert sovereignty in the high arctic during the cold war, because of the area's strategic geopolitical position, led the government of canada to forcibly relocate inuit from northern quebec to resolute (and to grise fiord). the first group of people, which included one royal canadian mounted police officer, ross gibson, who was also to become the community's first teacher, were relocated in 1953, along with a second group in 1955, from inukjuak, quebec (then known as port harrison), and from pond inlet, nunavut. they were promised homes and game to hunt, but the relocated people discovered no buildings and very little familiar wildlife. they also had to endure weeks of 24-hour darkness during the winter, and 24-hour sunlight during the summer, something that does not occur in northern quebec.