S1E19 - Project Iceworm: The US Army's Secret City Under the Greenland Ice Sheet

Beneath the endless ice of Greenland, a soldier screws in a light bulb and illuminates a secret city that doesn't exist. What was this frozen labyrinth, and why was the US Army building a nuclear missile base inside a moving glacier? This is the true story of one of the Cold War's most surreal and clandestine projects. This episode delves into the audacious reality of Project Iceworm. We explore the geopolitical panic of the late 1950s that drove engineers to carve a functioning military base—complete with streets, buildings, and a nuclear reactor—deep into the Greenland ice sheet. It’s a ta...