About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Ellesmere Island, William Baffin, Thule Air Base, The Rage of Hypsis, Devon Island, George W. Melville, John Davis, Upernavik Archipelago, Bylot Island, Edward Augustus Inglefield, Tanquary Fiord, McDougall Sound, Hoved Island, Pim Island, Disko Island, Diana, Nares Strait, Dundas Island, Coburg Island, Smith Sound, Crescent Island, Norman Lockyer Island, Hyde Parker Island, Adams Island, John Barrow Island, Cheyne Islands, Dexterity Island, Barrow Strait, Cocked Hat Island, Cape York, Lindstrom Peninsula, Philpots Island, Cape Graham Moore, Sillem Island, Aulitivik Island, Cape Hay, Aulitiving Island, Nookap Island, Scott Island, Daniel Willard Streeter, Bergesen Island, Rice Strait, Southwest Bylot Plain, Cambridge Point, Bjorne Peninsula, Margaret Island, Brodeur Peninsula, Nova Zembla Island, Round Island, Des Voeux Island, Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor, Fairholme Island, Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island, Scott Inlet, Kitaa, Darling Peninsula, Beare Sound, Peel Sound, Jones Sound, Baffin Island Current, Lady Ann Strait, Svendsen Peninsula, Johan Peninsula, Fosheim Peninsula, Knud Peninsula, Colin Archer Peninsula, Raanes Peninsula, Polaris Reef. Excerpt: Thule Air Base or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport (IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1,118 km (695 mi) north of the Arctic Circle and 1,524 km (947 mi) from the North Pole on the northwest side of the island of Greenland. It is approximately 885 km (550 mi) east of the North Magnetic Pole. Thule is an unincorporated enclave within Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland. It is the site of the former town of Dundas, which was moved to Qaanaaq for the construction of the base. The permanent population of the base was 235 as of January 1, 2005. The settlement prior to the establishment of the base was Pituffik and was a...
