The Establishment of Alert, N.W.T., Canada by J. Peter Johnson, Jr. 1989 ABSTRACT. The Joint Arctic Weather stations of Canada and the United States were built in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada. The Eureka and Resolute stations were… Read More »The Establishment of Alert, N.W.T., Canada
Northwest Staging Route The route wаs developed іn 1942 due tо several reasons. Initially, the United States Army Air Corps 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command аt Great Falls Army Airfield wаs ordered tо organize аnd develop аn air route tо… Read More »Northwest Staging Route
The Origin of Canol’s Mackenzie Air Fields This article by Richard S. Finnie is a riposte to Barry’s “Punch” Dickins and the Origin of Canol’s Mackenzie Air Fields. It is available in Arctic VOL.33 NO. 2 (JUNE 1980) p.273-279
Abstract: Correspondence between the Canadian flyer, C. H. “Punch” Dickins, and government officials in Ottawa during the early summer of 1942 reveals that the United States Army began building an “unauthorized” military air route to Norman Wells much earlier than… Read More »“Punch” Dickins and the Origin of Canol’s Mackenzie Air Fields
The War in Svalbard, 1939-45 – Article by J. G. Elbo (1952). Polar Record, Volume 6, Issue44, July 1952 pp 484-495 Accessible online via Cambridge Journals for authorised users This account deals mainly with Allied activities in Svalbard during the… Read More »The War in Svalbard, 1939-45
US Navy Arctic Roadmap prepared by Task Force Climate Change / Oceanographer of the Navy – June 2011Read More »US Navy Arctic Roadmap
Surface at the Pole, Commander James Calvert, USN (1961) The story of the USS Skate.
Submarines Under Ice, The U.S. Navy’s Polar Operations, Marion D. Williams (1998)
Unknown Waters, Alfred S. McLaren (2008) A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651)
The Ice Diaries, Captain William R. Anderson (2008) The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War’s Most Daring Mission.
A bibliography of books, articles and websites with information pertaining to Arctic submarine operations.Read More »Arctic Submarine Operations Bibliography
The DEW line was a set of early warning radar sites built in the Arctic by USA in the 1950s.
Project Ice Worm was a project at a secret USA base built under the Greenland icesheet to act as a research base for creating a hidden base for ICBMs.