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U.S. Air Base In Thule Being Supplied For Year

July 12 2010

Greenland

Personnel from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) are readying the yearly resupply mission of a U.S. Air Force base in Greenland, the Virginian-Pilot reports.

Operation Pacer Goose is an annual effort to resupply Thule Air Base, Greenland, the U.S. military's northernmost installation, located 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Because of heavy ice floes, the base can only be reached by ship three months out of the year, beginning in July. About 10 ships make the journey,...

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