Crystal Two: The Origin of Iqaluit

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Eno, Robert V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: Crimson Route; Crowell; Crystal Two; Forbes; Frobisher Bay; Hubbard; Iqaluit; Roosevelt; Second World War; United States Army Air Forces; U-boat; route Crimson; Deuxième Guerre mondiale; aviation militaire des États-Unis; sous-marin allemande; Arctic; Canada; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63662

Iqaluit is unique among Canadian Arctic communities in that it originated not from a commercial venture, such as mining or the fur trade, or as a government administrative centre, but as a Second World War military airfield. This airfield, though never fully used for its intended purpose as a refuel...