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extremely remote radar bases in northern alaska, initially built for the distant early warning line, or DEW line for short. source: flickr
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extremely remote radar bases in northern alaska, initially built for the distant early warning line, or DEW line for short. source: flickr
New radar sky-watch to guard arctic frontier. Western Electric ad - 1952.
Life photographer Carl Mydans with US military in Greenland
(Carl Mydans? 1961)
US convoy in Ice showing USS Vermilion - DEW Line Project, 1955 Canada. Department of National Defence Library and Archives Canada, CT51
Two men sitting during an ice tunneling project at Camp Tato near Thul in Greenland. Carl Mydans, December 1961 [LIFE/Google]
DEW line personnel keeping an eye out for sneak attacks
(Carl Mydans. 1963)
Greenland – Generators in the arctic D.E.W. control center. Carl Mydans, December 1961 [LIFE/Google; caption]
Greenland – D.E.W. radar station on Greenland icecamp. Carl Mydans, December 1961 [LIFE/Google]