New programme for climate monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland
Camp Century was a military base constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 1959 in the nearsurface layers of the Greenland ice sheet at 77.13°N and 61.03°W and 1910 metres above sea level (Clark 1965). The c. 55 ha base housed between 85 and 200 soldiers and was continuously occupied...
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ftjgeusbullet:oai:geusjournals.org:article/4415 2024-09-15T18:09:24+00:00 New programme for climate monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland Colgan, William Andersen, Signe B. van As, Dirk Box, Jason E. Gregersen, Søren 2017-07-31 application/pdf https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4415 https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v38.4415 eng eng Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4415/10136 https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4415 doi:10.34194/geusb.v38.4415 GEUS Bulletin; Vol. 38 (2017): Review of Survey activities 2016; 57-60 2597-2154 2597-2162 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Rapid Communication. Peer-reviewed Article. 2017 ftjgeusbullet https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v38.4415 2024-08-06T03:03:36Z Camp Century was a military base constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 1959 in the nearsurface layers of the Greenland ice sheet at 77.13°N and 61.03°W and 1910 metres above sea level (Clark 1965). The c. 55 ha base housed between 85 and 200 soldiers and was continuously occupied until 1964 (Fig.1). Camp Century primarily served as an experimental facility for the USACE to test ice-sheet construction concepts. Recent Danish scholarship has documented the political and military history of Camp Century in substantial detail (Petersen 2007; Nielsen & Nielsen 2016). To summarise, Project Iceworm, the US Army ambition to deploy offensive missiles within the ice sheet, was never realised. After three years of seasonal operation, Camp Century was finally abandoned with minimal decommissioning in 1967. The Government of Denmark has now established a GEUS-led programme for long-term climate monitoring, as well as one-time waste mapping, at Camp Century. Here, we briefly review the historical scientific activities at Camp Century and introduce the future goals of the Camp Century Climate Monitoring Programme. Finally, we discuss the challenges and outlook of climate monitoring and waste mapping at the former military site. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet GEUS Bulletin (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 57 60 |
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Camp Century was a military base constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 1959 in the nearsurface layers of the Greenland ice sheet at 77.13°N and 61.03°W and 1910 metres above sea level (Clark 1965). The c. 55 ha base housed between 85 and 200 soldiers and was continuously occupied until 1964 (Fig.1). Camp Century primarily served as an experimental facility for the USACE to test ice-sheet construction concepts. Recent Danish scholarship has documented the political and military history of Camp Century in substantial detail (Petersen 2007; Nielsen & Nielsen 2016). To summarise, Project Iceworm, the US Army ambition to deploy offensive missiles within the ice sheet, was never realised. After three years of seasonal operation, Camp Century was finally abandoned with minimal decommissioning in 1967. The Government of Denmark has now established a GEUS-led programme for long-term climate monitoring, as well as one-time waste mapping, at Camp Century. Here, we briefly review the historical scientific activities at Camp Century and introduce the future goals of the Camp Century Climate Monitoring Programme. Finally, we discuss the challenges and outlook of climate monitoring and waste mapping at the former military site. |
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Colgan, William Andersen, Signe B. van As, Dirk Box, Jason E. Gregersen, Søren New programme for climate monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland |
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New programme for climate monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland |
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New programme for climate monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland |
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New programme for climate monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland |
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