City Under the Ice: The Story of Camp CenturyOfficially authorized story of Camp Century, the United States Army Polar Research and Development Center, established under the Greenland icecap. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aboard arched arctic Army Polar Research arrived Camp Century Camp Fistclench Camp Tuto captain cargo cat skinner Center Century's City construction Corps of Engineers crevasse crew Cut and Cover cut-and-cover Dangerous Road Danish diesel Distant Goal electric equipment Eskimos expeditions explorers flags fuel drums glacier Greenland icecap heat heavy swing helicopters ice tunnel installation island Jamesway huts journey Knud Rasmussen light located main communication trench Michael Daugherty miles military Mount Dundas North Pole North Star Bay northern Greenland nuclear power plant nuclear reactor permafrost Peter Freuchen Peter plow Peter snow pipe plane polar regions polecat possible PR and DC prefabricated buildings Quarters Quarters Queenie radio operator Research and Development scientists sleds Snow Business snow roof subsurface summer supplies surface tested Thule Air Base Thule-Take-Off trail party Transportation Corps tubes U.S. Army under-snow United States Army vehicles wanigans weasels weather wind winter