Narsaarsuk
Abandoned settlement in Greenland
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Narsaarsuk
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Location within GreenlandNarsaarsuk (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°25′18″N 69°22′13″W / 76.42167°N 69.37028°W / 76.42167; -69.37028
References
- ^ Plutonium in the environment at Thule, Greenland, from sampling in 2003
- ^ International Radiation Protection Association, Third European IRPA Congress Proceedings, p.2357
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Abandoned sites in Greenland
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