#1 Cool (literally and figuratively) video of the operation. The sleighs (bobsleds) you saw in the CAT trains were Michler Sleighs, which saw service in construction in Alaska and Canada on the DEW line. A discussion of the construction of these sleighs can be seen HERE.
The Peter Snow Miller was a typical piece of precision Swiss equipment. The Clear-View rotary windshield wipers were originally for marine use, but were adapted with heaters for snow plows both highway and railroad.
Camp Century was a cover story for an possible nuclear missile installation under the icecap. What caused abandonment of the installation was the visco-elastic movement of the ice, that moved faster than predicted, so the installation was abandoned. Information HERE.
Lots of raw sewage and hazardous waste to clean up. |
