John Kettler Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) It's no longer myth, and for students of codes and ciphers in war, it was this loss of forecasting data from this facility which led to the deployment of weather ships. That lead to two separate ENIGMA machine seizures. The reason the station ceased operation is both fascinating and disturbing. https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201610241046672879-nazi-base-arctic-russian-scientists/?utm_source=farkexchange Regards, John Kettler Edited November 7, 2016 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Get me a source other than sputnik and I might take it seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Raptorx7, While this all ultimately traces back to Russia, I believe you may find this helpful, since there's a video showing some of what was found. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video-news/video-nazi-weather-station-found-by-scientists-in-the-arctic-35146783.html Another article, this time RT, accompanied by a new still and much better video coverage. https://www.rt.com/news/363825-nazi-weather-station-arctic/ Regards, John Kettler Edited November 7, 2016 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Old news - There was an automated German weather station Kurt in Newfoundland which was discovered in 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt "Fourteen stations were deployed in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions (Greenland, Bear Island, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land) and five were placed around the Barents Sea. Two were intended for North America. One was deployed in 1943 by the German submarine U-537, but the submarine carrying the other, U-867, was sunk in September 1944 northwest of Bergen, Norway, by a British air attack." Edited November 7, 2016 by Wicky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Years ago, I came across an article (with pictures of course) in an old National Geographic Magazine about the capture of the Greenland station. I don't recall whether that issue was published during the war or shortly after, but it was an old copy of the magazine. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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