The transition from map to machine

How Cold War science turned Greenland into infrastructure.

From South Mountain, Thule Air Base and Mount Dundas are captured during a short period of January twilight. U.S. military personnel served a one-year tour there in a multinational environment. (U.S. Air Force/Michael Tolzmann)

Part 2 of a five-part series on science diplomacy and sovereignty in the Arctic.

If the 19th century treated Greenland as a probl…