Hitler's Nazis as well as the Allies knew that Greenland's white expanse was a virtual weather factory that played a key role in the day-to-day weather of the North Atlantic shipping lanes and the battlefields of western Europe. Ironically, few people today even realize that American troops were stationed in Greenland during World War II or what obscure role these troops playedJohan Johansen 127 and Arctic wolves (at least formerly), seals, walrus, narwhals, and polar bears, and seasonally, many species of birds. ... He knew the best way to rig a sledge, handle dogs, repair a harness, pitch a tent, maintain a primus stove, prepare trail food, and ... It contained skis, snowshoes, ice axes, ropes, leather thongs, sledge parts, tents, sleeping bags, caribou hides (for ground cloths), anbsp;...
Title | : | Greenland's Icy Fury |
Author | : | Wallace R. Hansen |
Publisher | : | Texas A&M University Press - 1994 |
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