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Camp Century (Nuclear laboratory : Greenland)

LC control no.n 91058851
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingCamp Century (Nuclear laboratory : Greenland)
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Variant(s)Camp Century (Greenland)
United States. Department of the Army. Camp Century
See alsoHierarchical superior: United States. Department of the Army
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Beginning date1959
Ending date1966
Found inData from National Audiovisual Center for The Story of Camp Century [VR] 1988 (Camp Century; nuclear laboratory and power plant under ice cap in Greenland)
LC database, viewed 1/25/2021 (Access point: Camp Century (Greenland); usage: Camp Century)
Camp Century, 2021: CIP galley (In 1959, the year the United States officially applied to Denmark for permission to establish Camp Century in the ice sheet; This military facility, which existed for only six years and today lies buried deep under the surface of Greenland's ice sheet; Camp Century continued to function even after losing its nuclear power source; From1964 to 1966, it served as a summer base for a variety of tests and experiments initiated while the camp was still operating year-round, but no new experiments were begun; shut down in 1966)
Associated languageeng