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Sources for Project Iceworm

Primary Sources

(1960), Strategic Value of the Greenland Icecap, Planning Studies Division, US Army Engineer Studies Center. ESC 50 & 51, March 1960
(1962), Record Group (RG) 59, Department of State Lot Files, PPS Records, Lot 60 D 121, box 121, Folder Europe Jan-May 1962, NARA, College Park, MD.
- Declassified 26 September 1996. Reproduced in full in vol 2 of the Danish Institute of International Affairs report (1997), pp 312–63.

Secondary Sources

William C. Baldwin (1985), A History of the U.S. Army Engineer Studies Center 1943-1982 - Chapter 3, pp 53-56. (pp. 15-18 of the pdf).
(1997) Greenland during the Cold War:Danish and American Security Policy 1945-68 (in Danish), Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI), 2 vols, ISBN 87-601-6921-4: vol. 1, 319–25 (analysis); vol. 2 pp 312–63 (primary material)
- English translation of the report's overall summary and conclusions
Stephen I. Schwartz (1998), Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940, Brookings Institution Press ISBN 0815777736, pp. 176-7
Erik D. Weiss (2001), Cold War Under the Ice: The Army's Bid for a Long-Range Nuclear Role, 1959-1963, Journal of Cold War Studies - Volume 3, Number 3, Fall 2001, pp. 31-58
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Raymond L. Garthoff (2001), A Journey Through the Cold War: A Memoir of Containment and Coexistence, Brookings Institution Press, ISBN 0815701020, p. 152
Nikolaj Petersen (2008), The Iceman That Never Came: 'Project Iceworm', the search for a NATO deterrent, and Denmark, 1960-1962, Scandinavian Journal of History, Volume 33, Issue 1 2008 , pages 75 - 98.
- Currently available as a free sample. Registration required.

Tertiary sources

Jørgen Taagholt and Jens Claus Hansen (1999), Greenland: Security Perspectives, p. 40

DYK

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The exposure by climate change should be a DYK nomination. I failed to jump through the sufficient number of hoops when I tried this myself, however! kencf0618 (talk) 22:02, 16 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

Same movie