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Oil drilling carried on by United States Corps of Engineers in Greenland
United States Corps of Engineers conduct research and development activities at Camp Tuto in Greenland. Men of United States Corps of Engineers around oil drill in Greenland. The drill casing taken off. Drill turns as a lubricant gushes up. Top of drive shaft as it turns. Drill spins oil through straining trough. Drill being brought out of the hole.
Caterpillar loaded with wanigans in Greenland
United States Corps of Engineers conduct research and development activities at Camp Tuto in Greenland. Snow capped area in Greenland as wind blows snow over ice. A convoy of caterpillar snow train tracked vehicles underway. Caterpillar snow train consisting of wanigans on sled runners moves across followed by another snow train
An Eskimo hunting party in Greenland
United States Corps of Engineers conduct research and development activities at Camp Tuto in Greenland. An Eskimo or Inuit hunting party from New Thule near Camp Tuto in Greenland. Women smile as sled dogs relax in a snow covered field.
Setting up of Camp Century by United States Army engineers in Greenland.
'The story of camp Century: The city under ice' Location of Camp Century on a map of Greenland. Distance of the camp from North Pole. United States Army engineers arrive in Greenland in 1959 to set up Camp Century. Officers survey the snow covered area Engineer looks through leveling instrument. A scale shows the thickness of snow on the ground. Men erect flags to demarcate the boundary for Camp Century. Convoy of sleds carrying construction, food and other supplies arrives, cranes unload supply boxes. Wanigans also bring in supply boxes. Men with sled dogs on their backs enter wanigans and a caterpillar tractor pulls a series of wanigans. Men board polar cabs. Light aircraft lifts off. A cook in a kitchen inside a vehicle cuts meat. Soldiers being served food, men sleep in navy bunks. A convoy on the move.
A vapor container transported to a nuclear trench at Camp Century in Greenland.
United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. Diesel tankers pulled by tractor trailers cross ice covered fields to Camp Century in Greenland. Tractors enter maintenance shop at the camp. At the maintenance shop men work on vehicles. The United States Marine Fiddler ship arrives at a port with supplies. A vapor container for the nuclear reactor placed on a tractor to be transported to the camp. Other supplies transported to the camp area. A flat bottomed sled carries vapor container, Colonel checks the loadings. At the camp men work on steel arches, unload supplies and reassemble them. Shipment boxes opened, a tractor moves into a tunnel. Vapor container moves in a steel beamed building as a tractor tows it from the front and the back.
Dispensary, kitchen and quarters at Camp Century in Greenland.
United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. A doctor examines a patient at a dispensary in Camp Century, Greenland. A man in a lab looks through a microscope. A priest conducts a service at a chapel as men offer prayers. A man checks food boxes at a deep freeze. Food blended, baked at a kitchen and men eat their meals. A man enters a quarter. Men read magazines, rest and smoke in their quarters. Scientists from Polar research and development program board a vehicle. A man with a sled dog waves as the vehicle pulls away.
