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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Main Authors: Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt, Nielsen, Henry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Colombia University Press 2021
Subjects:
Arctic
Greenland
Climate change
Ice cap
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description 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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op_source Nielsen , K H & Nielsen , H 2021 , Camp Century : The Untold Story of America's Secret Arctic Military Base Under the Greenland Ice . Colombia University Press , New York .
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