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Some valuable USAF History of Thule Air Base
Here is the full story of how and when the base was built. - ThuleAB.dk:
The Ultimate Guide to Thule Air Base. A fascinating collection of Thule AB and surrounding area history. Priceless contributions from people who were in that far corner of our planet and gave part of their lives to Thule AB and other projects, some secret at the time. - Thule Forum:
A great collection of personal stories and old photos of Thule, Camp Tuto, and Ice Cap operations. - Thule trip in 1949
Bill Mac Dowell, telling about his trip to Thule Air Base in 1949: - Thule Resupply 1950
Read this detailed story by one of the early seamen who helped resupply Thule in 1950 when there was hardly anything there. - THULE, GREENLAND, 1954
ARCTIC ADVENTURE WITH NATE GALBREATH -
Willie's Arctic Adventure
A 25 year old seaman making his last sea voyage to Thule in 1951. -
Clifford "Glenn" Brown's Actic Adventure
The really cold war in 1958 at Thule. - 510 Full Days
Take a 510 day tour of duty working and playing at the Thule big BMEWS radar site. - Life in Qaanaaq, Greenland in 1989.
You will surely enjoy the many excellent pictures taken at the community of Qaanaaq ("Kay-nak"), which is about 45 minutes by helicopter north of Thule AB. You will be impressed with this extremely remote corner of the world. - Thule area summary
Excellent coverage of what's happening in that part of the world today. - Anyone stationed in Greenland during 1941 - 1958?
Check in with John Stott.
- Greenland - Iceberg Paradise
Beautiful photos and excellent information detailing Greenland's geography, icebergs, dog sleds, and more.
- Sondrestrom Air Base History
Another major USAF base in southern Greenland. - Greenland Tourism Info-desk
Information from the national tourist board of Greenland. Links to communities with tour facilities. -
Destination East Greenland
This site is newly established for promoting tourism in East Greenland. Here you'll find the ultimate source for tourist relevant information on East Greenland historical, cultural and environmental backgrounds. Available are also profiles on hotels, incoming bureaus, outfitters and tour operators with activities in East Greenland. Destination East Greenland is not selling tours, but is meant as a service for tourist and as a marketing tool for East Greenlandic tourism. - Arctic Team Challenge
And here is a link to the Arctic Team Challenge, an annual adventure race held on Ammassalik Island. - Greenland Guide
A focal point for current information about what is happening in Greenland. Links to many resources. - Interesting Greenland Facts
Some beautifully presented general Greenland topics. - Greenland Home Rule
Information about the Government, Economy, Trade, Facts, Events, News and more - Inuit Sled Dog
Learn how the sled dogs have been used for 4000 years.
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Recommended Books. Search on Amazon.com for details and discount.
(Search a few words of title.)
-- Smilla's Sense of Snow
-- The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North America.
-- Greenland's Icy Fury.
-- Greenlanders, Whales, and Whaling:
-- Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands.
-- An African in Greenland.
-- Arctic Homeland: Kinship, Community and Development in Northwest Greenland.
-- Greenland (World Bibliographical Series)
-- Knud Rasmussen's Posthumous Notes on the Life and Doings of the East Greenlanders
-- North Pole Legacy: Black, White & Eskimo
-- Northwest Greenland: A History
-- The Arctic: Endangered People and Places.
-- Arctic Adventure: Inuit Life in the 1800s
-- Arctic Foxes
-- Ancient People of the Arctic.
-- Arctic Son.
-- Arctic Folktales.
-- Greenland & The Arctic.
-- Seven Seasons in Greenland.
-- Greenland Expedition:
-- Building the Greenland Kayak:
-- The First Crossing of Greenland.
-- Eskimo Poems from Canada and Greenland.
-- Greenland: Island at the Top of the World.
-- The battle for Greenland.
-- Arctic Clothing of North America - Alaska, Canada, Greenland.
-- Leaves from a Greenland diary.
-- Driving to Greenland.
-- The Greenland Seal Hunter.
-- The Greenland Ice Cap.
-- The Flora of Greenland.
-- The Arctic Promise:
-- Greenland and Iceland.
-- Greenland: Past and Present.
-- Greenland Ventures.
-- Arctic Homeland:
-- Greenland Saga:
-- New Greenland.
-- Greenland Lies North
-- The ice-capped island: Greenland
-- Coast Guard to Greenland.
-- Greenland's 25 years of indigenous self-rule.
-- FROM GREENLAND'S ICY MOUNTAINS
-- The Greenland Mummies
-- Danish Greenland
-- Northwest Greenland: A History
-- Living With the Eskimos In Greenland
-- Those Greenland days
-- THE PEREGRINE FALCON IN GREENLAND
-- Greenland: a dream at the top of the world.
-- This is Greenland.
-- David Goes to Greenland
-- The Art of Greenland:
-- Hunting the Greenland Narwhal
-- Doctors Wife in Greenland.
-- Greenland in Story and Pictures.
-- THE LAST KINGS OF THULE, A year among the polar Eskimos of Greenland.
-- Smilla's Sense of Snow
-- The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North America.
-- Greenland's Icy Fury.
-- Greenlanders, Whales, and Whaling:
-- Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands.
-- An African in Greenland.
-- Arctic Homeland: Kinship, Community and Development in Northwest Greenland.
-- Greenland (World Bibliographical Series)
-- Knud Rasmussen's Posthumous Notes on the Life and Doings of the East Greenlanders
-- North Pole Legacy: Black, White & Eskimo
-- Northwest Greenland: A History
-- The Arctic: Endangered People and Places.
-- Arctic Adventure: Inuit Life in the 1800s
-- Arctic Foxes
-- Ancient People of the Arctic.
-- Arctic Son.
-- Arctic Folktales.
-- Greenland & The Arctic.
-- Seven Seasons in Greenland.
-- Greenland Expedition:
-- Building the Greenland Kayak:
-- The First Crossing of Greenland.
-- Eskimo Poems from Canada and Greenland.
-- Greenland: Island at the Top of the World.
-- The battle for Greenland.
-- Arctic Clothing of North America - Alaska, Canada, Greenland.
-- Leaves from a Greenland diary.
-- Driving to Greenland.
-- The Greenland Seal Hunter.
-- The Greenland Ice Cap.
-- The Flora of Greenland.
-- The Arctic Promise:
-- Greenland and Iceland.
-- Greenland: Past and Present.
-- Greenland Ventures.
-- Arctic Homeland:
-- Greenland Saga:
-- New Greenland.
-- Greenland Lies North
-- The ice-capped island: Greenland
-- Coast Guard to Greenland.
-- Greenland's 25 years of indigenous self-rule.
-- FROM GREENLAND'S ICY MOUNTAINS
-- The Greenland Mummies
-- Danish Greenland
-- Northwest Greenland: A History
-- Living With the Eskimos In Greenland
-- Those Greenland days
-- THE PEREGRINE FALCON IN GREENLAND
-- Greenland: a dream at the top of the world.
-- This is Greenland.
-- David Goes to Greenland
-- The Art of Greenland:
-- Hunting the Greenland Narwhal
-- Doctors Wife in Greenland.
-- Greenland in Story and Pictures.
-- THE LAST KINGS OF THULE, A year among the polar Eskimos of Greenland.
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