Original black and white vintage photo from Greenland in 1955 of a so-called Peter Snow Miller machine, which the American army used to dig deep trenches in the ice sheet during the Cold War.
Original black and white vintage photo from Greenland in 1955 of a so-called Peter Snow Miller machine that was used to dig trenches in the ice sheet during the Cold War, when Thule Air Base / Pituffik / Thulebasen was built and the Americans set about building Camp Century - an entire city under the ice sheet, as part of the top-secret project "Project Iceworm", which the Danish government did not even know about. Project Iceworm was about constructing a huge network of railway tunnels under the ice sheet that would house more than 600 nuclear missiles.
Text on the back of the photo: "A Peter Snowmiller machine makes a second pass in cutting a trench through the snow, during the construction of subsurface structures n the Greenland Arctic Ice Cap. This machine operated by Army Engineer personnel is capable of cutting a four -foot trench as deep as 18 feet if winds are favorable. 1955."
The picture bears a sticker from Birnback Publishing.
Dimensions of the photograph: 25.70 x 20.50 centimeters.
This is an original b / w photograph from the 1950s with ordinary traces of use. Contemporary frame included.
The item is in stock, but can be viewed in the store upon prior request.
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