USAF Ice Skate Drifting Station - 77°37"N - 172°01W 12/8/59
APO 731 LADD FIELD, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
https://www2.whoi.edu/site/beaufort...1950s-1960s/
"A polar bear wrecked the East depth elect....."
"40 mile winds, 20 below..." (Windchill would be about -56°F)
Pictures and perspective from a non-military journalist
(Photo reporter Peter Bock-Schroeder accompanied the army clergyman on this dangerous flight into the polar desert.)
Nice map of the drift station relative locations
https://bock-schroeder.com/sermon-on-ice
Posted 02/24/2023 2:56 pm
