The Rescue That Taught Me That Discipline Was Not Optional

In 1965, I learned firsthand that the greatest danger at Thule Air Force Base in northwestern Greenland was not an enemy. Instead, I soon discovered it was the environment. Thule was a remote Arctic outpost, just 700 miles from the North Pole. At the time, about 6,000 military personnel and 2,000 Danish construction workers lived there. Once anyone stepped beyond the boundaries,…