Narsaarsuk

Narsaarsuk
Location within Greenland

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°26′24″N 69°22′12″W / 76.44000°N 69.37000°W / 76.44000; -69.37000

References

  1. ^ Nielsen, Sven P.; Dahlgaard, Henning (2005). "Plutonium in the environment at Thule, Greenland, from sampling in 2003" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ International Radiation Protection Association, Third European IRPA Congress Proceedings, p. 2357
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