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‘Welcome to the top of the world’: the Pituffik US space base in Greenland
JD Vance and his delegation will visit one of the world’s most isolated places, where US troops have been stationed since second world warWhen JD Vance and his delegation touch down at Pituffik space base in Greenland on Friday, they will be greeted by the words: “Welcome to the top of the world.” As well as being the US’s most northerly military base – and its only one on the vast Arctic island – it is also among the world’s most isolated places.For nine months of the year, the base (formerly known as Thule airbase) in north-western Greenland is locked in by ice, although it remains accessible by plane throughout the year. For three months there is no sunlight. Continue reading...
JD Vance and his delegation will visit one of the world’s most isolated places, where US troops have been stationed since second world war
When JD Vance and his delegation touch down at Pituffik space base in Greenland on Friday, they will be greeted by the words: “Welcome to the top of the world.” As well as being the US’s most northerly military base – and its only one on the vast Arctic island – it is also among the world’s most isolated places.
For nine months of the year, the base (formerly known as Thule airbase) in north-western Greenland is locked in by ice, although it remains accessible by plane throughout the year. For three months there is no sunlight. Continue reading...
