CAMP CENTURY: City Under The Ice

by Walter Wager ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Hidden inside a Greenland glacier and under 20 feet of snow lies a whole miniature American town whose tunnels contain living quarters, shops, research centers and recreational facilities for 100 scientists and soldiers. This book, written by the first journalist to visit Camp Century, tells the story of how and why it was built and what life in like in it today. The Army Engineers began Century in 1959 at a spot about 138 miles from Thule Air Force Base. Their purpose was to establish a research center to study the possibilities of life under the ice---a purpose made doubly meaningful by the threat of nuclear war. Murderous storms and a terrible climate hindered them, but they began their tunneling. Something men like Capt. Townsend were nearly frozen when accidents or breakdowns occurred on the surface. But as they burrowed under, these ""ice worms"" found their skill and their exceptional arctic equipment were building a wondrous home. Tunnels were redubbed with names like ""Main Street"". Nuclear power plants supplied tremendous energy. Before long this ""science fiction city under the ice"" was comfortably accommodating the 100 men who live there completely invisible and completely cut off from the rest of the world. Their story is a fantastic one, and it is told here by a highly capable journalist who neither exaggerates nor leaves anything to the imagination. First rate.

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Publisher: Chilton

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1962

Categories: NONFICTION