Camp Tuto and Camp Century housed service members from the U.S. Army Polar Research & Development Center. Writing a book on the R.G. LeTourneau Overland… Read More »U.S. Army Polar Research & Development Center (PR&DC) lighter
“The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future” by Jon Gertner. The author has… Read More »What am I reading? January 14, 2021
John Lewis Gaddis “On Grand Strategy.” UPDATE: 15Jan21: I had a difficult time getting into this book. Moving on…
I purchased this 25 years at Thule Air Base, Greenland mug at eBay. The mug shows the Air Base and Mount Dundas in the background.
In 1961, Transval Electronics Corporation (TEC) was contracted by the U.S. Army (USAR) to develop a vehicle that could solve a major problem. The USAR… Read More »Transval Electronics Corporation contract for BARCs
Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate by James Calvert.
I acquired a letter with the Byrd/Poulter Snow Cruiser; it arrived in the mail today. You can read about the Snow Cruiser journey on my… Read More »Snow Cruiser Letter, May 6, 1941
Nate Galbreath’s page at http://thule1954.com is being redirected to a GeoCities page with the same content at http://www.geocities.ws/nategal/. The domain and hosting was no longer… Read More »thule1954.com