Navy stands up runway, encampment on massive Arctic ice sheet
By Diana Stancy Correll
Mar 10, 09:44 AM
The Navy has transformed a slab of Arctic ice into an airstrip that can support multiple daily flights, and a Navy encampment.
The 2,500 ft. long runway and the encampment, which includes a command center, sleeping quarters, cafeteria, restrooms and internet, were set up as part of Ice Exercise 2022, or ICEX 2022, on a three-and-a-half-mile long sheet of ice.
The encampment, dubbed Ice Camp Queenfish after the first submarine to operate under ice, is the biennial exercise’s forward operating base and can house up to 60 personnel. It is being used to test out “submarine systems and other arctic research initiatives,” the Navy said in a news release.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/03/10/navy-stands-up-runway-encampment-on-massive-arctic-ice-sheet/
