The last remaining child of R.G. and Evelyn LeTourneau passed away on February 15, 2021. Ben was one of 5…
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This is my second Thule Air Base mug. The most recent mug is porcelain and glazed, whereas the first mug…
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This book has been in my Amazon book Wishlist for months. I finally pulled the trigger on the $30 price…
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Sno-Freighter after the Crash and Fire
After the Sno-Freighter was recovered, it eventually ended up in Bear Creek, YT. It did not leave until 1965, when…
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Number One Observatory Circle. A book by Charles Denyer.
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I love research. Aside from the the satisfaction of completing a final project, digging deep into archival documentation provides a…
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This chart was found on SIPRE Report 15 dated September 1953.
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SIPRE began in United States Army Corps of Engineer in 1949. Their job was to “conduct basic and applied research…
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I had intended on self-funding this project. The deeper that I get into the research and writing, I am realizing…
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After reading Jon Gertner’s books, I realized that he used a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to fund…
Continue ReadingWhat am I reading? January 28, 2021
“Exploring Greenland: Cold War Science and Technology on Ice (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,” 1st ed.…
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Camp Tuto and Camp Century housed service members from the U.S. Army Polar Research & Development Center. Writing a book…
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