Camp Fistclench was a prototype for Camp Century “In 1955, Camp Fistclench was constructed 220 miles east of Thule, adjacent to the AC&W site, to test and evaluate methods of ice cap construction and to provide a summer base camp… Read More »Camp Fistclench
CAMP CENTURY EVOLUTION OF CONCEPT AND HISTORY OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE Technical Report 174 by Elmer F. Clark OCTOBER 1965, U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND, COLD REGIONS RESEARCH & ENGINEERING LABORATORY, HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Available at: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/477706.pdf “This report tells… Read More »Camp Century – Project Iceworm Paper
The Svalbard Archipelago – American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Territories, 1941-1950 edited and with an introduction by P.J. Capelotti Contains a US military report from 1942 that contains descriptions of every aspect of the islands… Read More »The Svalbard Archipelago