Beginning April 13 and extending until June 12, 2021, the Gregg County Historical Museum will host an R.G. LeTourneau exhibit.…
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Marc Levison’s “The Box.” So far, this book reads well for anyone interested in history, economics, and a topic that…
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CRREL Greenland Ice Cores
In 1966, after 3 years of drilling, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratories (CRREL) reached 4,550 feet deep in the…
Continue ReadingArctic 2050: Mapping the Future of the Arctic – 4 Outcomes
Nord University and Skolkovo Moscow School of Management teamed up to write the Arctic 2050: Mapping the Future of the…
Continue ReadingYukon, Canada: Keeper of the Arctic Circle, Harry Waldron
Harry Waldron was a grader operator in Eagle Plains, Yukon. In the summer, he would sit at the Arctic Circle…
Continue ReadingThule Station Norwegian Antarctic Research Program
the Norwegian Antarctic Research Program’s Thule Station was established in 1995. It is located in Pituffik, Greenland (Thule Air Base…
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This is my second Thule Air Base mug. The most recent mug is porcelain and glazed, whereas the first mug…
Continue ReadingWhat am I reading? February 2, 2021
Number One Observatory Circle. A book by Charles Denyer.
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This chart was found on SIPRE Report 15 dated September 1953.
Continue ReadingSIPRE – Snow, Ice and Permafrost, Research Establishment
SIPRE began in United States Army Corps of Engineer in 1949. Their job was to “conduct basic and applied research…
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