Narsaarsuk Explained

Narsaarsuk (old spelling: Narssârssuk) is an abandoned settlement on the edge of Bylot Sound in northern Greenland near Pituffik Space Base.[1] The site of the former settlement is contaminated with plutonium after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.[2]

76.4217°N -69.3703°W

Notes and References

  1. http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Publications/Departement%20for%20Sundhed%20og%20Infrastruktur/Sundhed/Thulesundhed/Publikationer/Plutonium%20in%20the%20environment%20at%20Thule%20Greenland.pdf Plutonium in the environment at Thule, Greenland, from sampling in 2003
  2. [International Radiation Protection Association]

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