Posted on May 29, 2026 by Vern.Hayden
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The old saying goes “They only send screw ups to Thule” …….which is an Air Force base in Greenland and the most northern and coldest base the US has; where the sun remains below the horizon from late October through mid-February (100 days of continual nighttime) . I was designated as a screwup and got sent there. How did I screw up?…
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Posted on May 14, 2026 by Vern.Hayden
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It is still 1965. This is not a war zone. It is a survival zone – physically and psychologically. Lose respect for the elements here, and they will devour you in seconds. Take the young airman who jumped off the end of the pier into ice-filled North Star Bay. He was drunk. He was going to swim home to his mother. This…
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Posted on May 2, 2026 by Vern.Hayden
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It is the land of “the midnight sun.” In Greenland, time was not just measured by clocks it was measured by light, or the lack of it. From May through August, the sun never sets. From November through January, total darkness. During spring and fall, the transitions happen fast. While it is not like a ride to the moon, your body and…
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Posted on April 21, 2026 by Vern.Hayden
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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,…
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