Magazine articles, Camp Century and Greenland

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Magazine articles, Camp Century and Greenland

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Skier Magazine, Glacier Ski Club, 1964
Article about Glacier Ski Club at Camp Tuto, Greenland, Skier Magazine, October 1964, p. 24-25.

True Comics, Rocket Rescue, 1947
Comic titled "Rocket Rescue" about an airplane crew that force landed on the ice cap and was rescued by soldiers from Thule headquarters who picked up their signal; title shown on small section of cover including a drawing of a plane. The plane, the…

Science Digest 1962, Century: City Under Greenland's Ice
Article about the completion of Camp Century construction, its nuclear power plant, water supply, ice coring, and closure from movement of the ice sheet. Contains photos of the portable nuclear plant, water well, a drill for ice coring, an…

LIFE 1952: Birth of a Base
Article about the construction of Thule as a polar US Air Force base, obstacles, recreation, and the exceptional health of the workers; includes cover page, a map by James Lewicki, various photos of construction and daily life, and miscellaneous ads…

Collier's 1956, Subways Under the Ice Sheet
Article about the military benefits of constructing subways under the icecap. Includes front cover, diagram of ice tunnel at Camp Tuto, and other photos in color.

Boy Scouts of America
Bulletin from Chief Scout Executive of Boy Scouts of America to scout executives regarding the recruitment of one Boy Scout to go to Camp Century as a "junior scientific aide." 7 pages

ACV Capabilities Tested for Army in Polar Regions (the Carabao)
This is a one page article reporting on the test of the Bell Air Cushion Vehicle tested in Greenland between Tuto and Camp Century on the ice sheet.

Seventy-five Explorers Probe an Alaskan Mystery: The Vanishing Glaciers
Magazine article about climate change and glacier response in Alaska
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