Camp Century:The Untold Story of America's Secret Arctic Military Base Under the Greenland Ice
At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Army secretly began work on a base embedded deep in the Greenland ice cap: Camp Century. Officially defined as a scientific research station, this facility had an undisclosed purpose: to aim up to 600 nuclear warheads at the Soviet Union. This book unravels th...
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Colombia University Press
2021
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| Online Access: | https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/camp-century(52831c00-6943-4082-ac3f-db15144d6c3b).html |
| Summary: | At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Army secretly began work on a base embedded deep in the Greenland ice cap: Camp Century. Officially defined as a scientific research station, this facility had an undisclosed purpose: to aim up to 600 nuclear warheads at the Soviet Union. This book unravels the extraordinary history of this clandestine installation, from high-level diplomacy to the base's decommissioning through present-day concerns over the effects of climate change. |
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