"This is the Most Important Part" Commemorating the Industrial Heritage of the Cold War Bar-1 Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Auxiliary Radar Station, Komakuk Beach, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Main Author: Neufeld, David
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Ivvavik National Park; Alaska State / Territory; Canada Country; 611th; Yukon and Western Arctic parks; Pacific Air Forces; BAR-1 DEW Line; Radar; 611th Air Support Group; Cultural Heritage Site; Radio; United States Air Force; Archaeological Study; DEW; Distant Early Warning Line; BAR-1; Archaeological Survey; 11th Air Force; 611th Civil Engineer Squadron; Records Search / Inventory Checking; Heritage Management; Site Evaluation / Testing; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Pacific; Komakuk Beach; Ivvavik national park; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459092; https://core.tdar.org/document/459092/this-is-the-most-important-part-commemorating-the-industrial-heritage-of-the-cold-war-bar-1-distant-early-warning-dew-line-auxiliary-radar-station-komakuk-beach-yukon-territory-canada

An archaeological study of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line performed by researchers from the Yukon and Western Arctic Parks, Canada. The DEW Line operated in arctic Canada for forty years from experimental beginnings in 1953 to a final shutdown in 1993. The DEW Line was an important technological achievement constructing and maintaining highly complex radio and radar equipment in a difficult and challenging environment.