Camp Century, Greenland was an American Cold War era under-ice base designed for research and development. It hosted the first…
Continue ReadingBob Hope and Anita Ekberg at Thule Air Base New Years 1955
On New Years night, December 31, 1954, Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Margaret Whiting, Bill Holding, Jerry Colona, and others travelled…
Continue ReadingUsing Rolling Liquid Transporters during Lead Dog 60
The Rolling Liquid Transporters (RLT (Model T-3)) are 1,000 gallon fuel vessels. These were unique in that the primary storage…
Continue ReadingSno-Train in Greenland 1956
The Sno-Train arrived in Greenland in June 1956. It was being tested in extreme conditions. The Army Transportation Corps was…
Continue ReadingThule Air Base Christmas Menu 1955
In 1955, Christmas dinner looked and felt a little different for Air Force Service Members at the “Top of the…
Continue ReadingSno-Buggy in Greenland
The TC-264 Sno-Buggy spent some time in Greenland testing out the HUGE Firestone 120x48x68s and a few unpowered trailers. It…
Continue ReadingStudying Camp Century’s Toxic Leftovers
Camp Century was a United States military installation buried under the northwestern tip of the Greenland ice sheet. It was…
Continue ReadingArctic Scene with Overland Mark 2 Model
Last month I was contacted by a man who said that his father worked at R.G. LeTourneau’s Longview, TX factory.…
Continue Reading1968 Thule Air Base B-52 Crash Depicted on “Crocodile”
The Russian humor/satirical magazine “Crocodile” began publishing in 1922. During the United States Greenland build-up, the Soviets were watching us…
Continue ReadingThe United States Air Force Modern Day Project Iceworm
In the late 1950s, the United States Army (USAR) started carving ice tunnels in the Greenland ice shelf. The tunnels…
Continue ReadingCRREL 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 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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