KEYSTONE – ARCTIC
KEYSTONE - ARCTIC "Living on the Arctic Ice Cap takes on en eerie quality because camps too are constructed beneath the surface to avoid foul weather and accumulated snow. Camp Fistclench, one of these facilites, was constructec by soldiers and scientists of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as one of the projects of the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishments, Wilmette, Illinois. The camp has accommodated about 130 men. The piled up snow is the which results grom digging out the entrance after each storm", ca. 1960. Photograph. Vintage silver print, stamp and captioned label on back. Image: 19.5 x 24.5 cm; sheet: 20.5 x 25.5 cm
