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Thule Group AB (/ ˈ t uː l iː /) is a Swedish company that owns brands related to outdoor and transportation products. These include cargo carriers for automobiles and other outdoor and storage products, with 4,700 points of sale in 136 countries worldwide.
1989 aerial view. Pituffik Space Base (/ b iː d uː ˈ f iː k / bee-doo-FEEK; [2] Greenlandic:; IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), formerly and perhaps better known as Thule Air Base (/ ˈ t uː l iː /), is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.
Defensively, Thule could serve as a base for intercepting bomber attacks along the northeastern approaches to Canada and the US. Thule AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, with construction beginning in 1951. Construction took place around the clock. The workers lived on board the ship until quarters were built.
The 4683d Air Defense Wing was established in 1960 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed host responsibility for Thule Air Base from Strategic Air Command. [1] [2] Its operational mission was to act at the command and control echelon, controlling both a radar and a fighter squadron in Greenland to provide forward air defense of northeast North America.
In 1951 the United States was given permission to build Thule Air Base at the site of the settlement. Between 1952 and May 1953, all residents of Pituffik and nearby Dundas (Uummannaq) were forcibly relocated 130 km (81 mi) north to the new town of Qaanaaq, commonly known at the time as "New Qaanaaq" or "New Thule", [3] [4] where people were forced to live in tents from May 1953 until November ...
The line stretched from Thule Air Force Base in northern Greenland, to Baffin Island and then along the eastern coast of Labrador and Newfoundland to St. John's for connection into existing commercial telecommunications networks. The system was first proposed in 1952 to send information along the isolated Pinetree Line stations on the Labrador ...
Accident; Date: 21 January 1968: Summary: In-flight fire leading to crew ejecting: Site: 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Thule Air Base (formerly Pituffik), Greenland 1]: Aircraft; Aircraft type: B-52G Stratofortress: Operator: 380th Strategic Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force: Registration: 58-0188: Flight origin: Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Stopover: Baffin Bay (holding ...
"Ultima Thule" is a short story written by author Vladimir Nabokov and published in New Yorker magazine on April 7, 1973. [54] Ultima Thule is mentioned in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco in reference to an illuminated manuscript that the narrator/character Adso sees when he explores the library labyrinth alone at the end of the third day ...