Bound Volumes, Hometown History
May 1, 2025
70 YEARS AGO
It hasn’t been announced yet, but the Army engineers will burrow under Greenland’s mighty icecap this summer and, if successful, run subway trains beneath the packed snow and ice just as subways run under New York City. This spectacular project, known as Operation Ice Cube, is awaiting final approval by Danish authorities who govern Greenland. A volunteer construction crew of six officers and 172 men commanded by Lt. Col. Elmer Clark is standing by to begin the dangerous tunneling through the solid million-year-old ice. Their work will be supervised by 60 scientists, all Arctic specialists. Using the latest snow-tunneling equipment, they will bore 100 feet below the surface to build this unique deep-freeze subway. The purpose is to link scattered Arctic outposts by fast electric trains that will streak under the icecap with troops and supplies. Greenland stands as a mammoth stationary iceberg in the path of Soviet bombers that could strike America from Arctic bases.
May 1955
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