The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice

The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1964

Runtime

0h 32m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice

Production Companies

United States Army

Description

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.