The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice

Name: The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1964-01-01
Duration: 32 min
Rating: 8

8.0 (1)1964-01-0132m

Documentary

Overview

Project Iceworm was the code name for a top-secret United States Army program during the Cold War to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. The ultimate objective of placing medium-range missiles under the ice — close enough to strike targets within the Soviet Union — was kept secret from the Danish government. To study the feasibility of working under the ice, a highly publicized "cover" project, known as Camp Century.