WHEN THE BASE WAS ABANDONED IN 1967, YEARS OF ICE AND SNOW BURIED THE NUCLEAR-POWERED BASE MORE THAN 115 FEET BELOW. ONCE BELIEVED TO BE ENTOMBED IN THE ICE FOREVER; CAMP CENTURY CAN NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED "PRESERVED FOR ETERNITY." CIRES RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT MELTING AND THINNING THE ICE SHEET COULD EXPOSE ANY REMAINING BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE FROM CAMP CENTURY. 1960 BUILT NUKE REACTOR; A JULY 1960 AERIAL VIEW OVER CAMP CENTURY SHOWING OPEN ENDS OF POWER PLANT TUNNELS AND AN INCOMPLETED ARCH OVER A ****REACTOR TUNNEL,*** AND PM-2A EQUIPMENT ON SLEDS AS DELIVERED TO CENTURY.
