What To Know About Pituffik Space Base As Trump Pushes To Acquire Greenland Decades After U.S. Built Military Site
Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site ...
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'Absurd and unlawful': JD Vance slams Denmark to promote Trump’s Greenland takeover bid
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Greenland to promote President Donald Trump’s claim that America has to have the Danish ...
What to know about the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland
The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S.
What it’s really like to live on an Antarctic base: Meltdowns, claustrophobia and -40 degrees
Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.
'The Top of the World': US Greenland Base Prepares to Welcome JD Vance
Nestled above the 76th parallel in northwestern Greenland, Pituffik Space Base is one of the most remote military installations on Earth.
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NASA Just Found A "Lost City" Under The Ice That Even The Danish Government Didn't Know About
An arctic expedition uncovered this lost and mysterious military base that even the country's government didn't know about.
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A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
According to the 2021 book “Camp Century: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Arctic Military Base Under the Greenland Ice,” authored by Danish historians of science Kristian H. Nielsen and ...
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The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
Districts without a strong tax base to fund schools often struggle to meet these students’ needs, which Congress recognized by authorizing the money. McMahon has said she wants to send the money ...
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Why Greenland is the Arctic’s hottest property—And the US won’t let it go
The United States, under Donald Trump’s leadership, has revived interest in acquiring the Arctic territory ... most notably at Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base), which plays a crucial role ...
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A global festival for children: LEGOLAND is celebrating the power of playtime
The festival will feature five interactive zones, 49 new LEGO models, and a "Play Pact" initiative. The festival begins on May 3rd and runs for six weekends, culminating on International Day of ...
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Iqaluit, Inuvik and Yellowknife to be sites for first three Arctic military hubs: Ottawa
The hubs are the cornerstone of the federal government’s Arctic security strategy ... recently committed to building a military base in Iqaluit if he wins the next election.