BAR-1 DEW Line (Other Keyword)

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611th Air Support Group Resources
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"This is the Most Important Part" Commemorating the Industrial Heritage of the Cold War Bar-1 Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Auxiliary Radar Station, Komakuk Beach, Yukon Territory, Canada (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David Neufeld.

An archaeological study of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line performed by researchers from the Yukon and Western Arctic Parks, Canada. The DEW Line operated in arctic Canada for forty years from experimental beginnings in 1953 to a final shutdown in 1993. The DEW Line was an important technological achievement constructing and maintaining highly complex radio and radar equipment in a difficult and challenging environment.