The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice
MovieTitle | The Story of Camp Century: The City Under Ice |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1964 |
Genre | Documentary |
Production country | Greenland |
Production companies | United States Army |
Run time | 32 min. |
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.