erikscollectables Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 At the moment I am working on a small series of blogs.They all concern the same person who worked (as a civilian) on several military contracts. The first series will be about his life on Thule Air base 1963/65, Greenland, home of BMEWS - the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System. Many previously unpublished photo's and materials from that period will appear in the blogs. After that a series will follow regarding his 5 years in Vietnam... If interestes please read the blog: https://erikscollectables.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/gerrits-travels-part-1-bmews-at-thule-air-base-greenland/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hi Erik, Very interesting blog. I've had the opportunity to visit Thule Air Base on 6 or 7 occasions, sleeping there on my way to the Canadian military base in Alert, NWT. We always had a good laugh while in Thule when seeing the various signs saying "At the top of the world". Knowing that the next day we'd be flying 500 miles further north to Alert. Alert is the most northern permanently populated location in the world. Alert is truly "At the top of the world" being location approximately 500 miles from the North Pole. Here is a link to a map showing Thule and Alert. Here is the link: Good luck with this very interesting blog. Jean-Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikscollectables Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Hi Jean-Paul, Sounds like even more extreme conditions there! What period was this and any photo's to share? All the best, Erik PS next episode probably on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikscollectables Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Alert, only 340 miles further on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 10 hours ago, erikscollectables said: Hi Jean-Paul, Sounds like even more extreme conditions there! What period was this and any photo's to share? All the best, Erik PS next episode probably on Saturday. Hi Erik, I was in Alert in 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1985. Each time for 6 months continuous. Yes, weather conditions are extreme. Sorry, no pictures to share. Jean-Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikscollectables Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 And here is part 2 of this series of blogs. https://erikscollectables.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/gerrits-travels-part-2-missiles-and-planes-at-bmews-thule-air-base/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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