Justdroppedin
01-09-2025, 12:46 PM
It's an image that requires a double-take: a pristine Arctic landscape in Greenland, dotted with rusted debris from an abandoned World War II military base.
Bluie East II was a U.S. military base built in eastern Greenland in 1942. It was used to bring in supplies, refuel planes and manage flights in need of an emergency landing pad.
When the site, which housed 200 to 300 soldiers, was abandoned in 1947, everything was left behind to rust and break down.
https://i.natgeofe.com/n/b18cb49f-7cef-4ffd-9533-c23dc48ff056/Greenlands_WWIIBaseRemnants_American_Flowers-1.jpg
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3756801.1473551653!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/bluie-east-ii.jpg?im=Resize%3D780
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Bluie East II was a U.S. military base built in eastern Greenland in 1942. It was used to bring in supplies, refuel planes and manage flights in need of an emergency landing pad.
When the site, which housed 200 to 300 soldiers, was abandoned in 1947, everything was left behind to rust and break down.
https://i.natgeofe.com/n/b18cb49f-7cef-4ffd-9533-c23dc48ff056/Greenlands_WWIIBaseRemnants_American_Flowers-1.jpg
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3756801.1473551653!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/bluie-east-ii.jpg?im=Resize%3D780
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3756797.1473551667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bluie-east-ii.jpg?im=
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3756794.1473551636!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bluie-east-ii.jpg?im=
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3756810.1473551733!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bluie-east-ii.jpg?im=
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3756816.1473551775!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bluie-east-ii.jpg?im=