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    Camp Century was an Arctic United States military scientific research base in Greenland. situated 240 km (150 mi) east of Pituffik Space Base. When built...
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  • 77°10′N 61°08′W / 77.167°N 61.133°W / 77.167; -61.133 Camp Century Thule Camp Fistclench Project Iceworm was a top secret United States Army program...
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  • Bruce Rodgers traces the term camp to 16th century British theatre, where it referred to men dressed as women (drag). Camp may have derived from the gay...
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  • 20th century Re-education camp (North Korea) Samchung re-education camp, a military detention camp in South Korea during the 1980s Re-education camp (Vietnam)...
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    nearby installations, including Cape Atholl (LORAN station), Camp Century (Ice Cap Camp), Camp TUTO (Ice Cap Approach Ramp and Airstrip), Sites 1 and 2 (Ice...
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    on 27 June 1957, intended to abolish camps of forced labor. In the 20th century, a new category of labor camps developed for the imprisonment of millions...
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    5795833; -38.4591861 List of research stations in the Arctic NEEM Camp Camp Century Eismitte North Ice List of mountains in Greenland UNAVCO Archived...
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  • Look up Camp, camp, or câmp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Camp may refer to: Concentration camp, an internment camp for political prisoners or politically...
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  • from 1957 to 1960. It served to test techniques used at the much larger Camp Century. The U.S. Army initiated a research and development program to facilitate...
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    father of modern camping in the UK, he was responsible for popularising a different type of camping in the early twentieth century. He experienced the...
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    Jasenovac (pronounced [jasěnoʋat͡s]) was a concentration and extermination camp established in the village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent...
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    Young Pioneer camp (Russian: Пионерский лагерь) was the name for the vacation or summer camp of Young Pioneers. In the 20th century these camps existed in...
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    The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian calendar dates from 1 January 1401 (represented by the Roman numerals MCDI) to 31 December 1500...
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    Internment (redirect from Internment Camp)
    set up camps during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa for interning Boers during the same time period. During the 20th century, the arbitrary...
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  • Xifeng concentration camp (simplified Chinese: 息烽集中营; traditional Chinese: 息烽集中營; pinyin: Xīfēng jízhōngyíng) was a concentration camp in Xifeng County,...
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    There are two base camps on Mount Everest, on opposite sides of the mountains: South Base Camp is in Nepal at an altitude of 5,364 metres (17,598 ft)...
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    The 14th century lasted from 1 January 1301 (represented by the Roman numerals MCCCI) to 31 December 1400 (MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed...
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    frontier during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. Revivals and camp meetings continued to be held by various denominations, and in...
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    Nazi Germany used six extermination camps (German: Vernichtungslager), also called death camps (Todeslager), or killing centers (Tötungszentren), in Central...
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    Barracks) was built at the camp in 1879, and six new barracks were subsequently constructed around the start of the 20th century: Ponsonby Barracks, Stewart...
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  • with the removal of a single rod. PM-2A: 2 MW electric, plus heating. Camp Century, Greenland. Initial criticality October 3, 1960. The first "portable"...
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    An aide-de-camp (UK: /ˌeɪddəˈkɒ̃/, US: /-ˈkæmp/; French expression meaning literally "helper in the [military] camp") is a personal assistant or secretary...
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    A summer camp (also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp) is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation...
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    Anna Ragsdale Camp (born September 27, 1982) is an American actress who portrayed the villainous Sarah Newlin in the HBO vampire drama True Blood (2009...
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    The 9th century was a period from 801 (represented by the Roman numerals DCCCI) through 900 (CM) in accordance with the Julian calendar. The Carolingian...
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  • organized warfare until the end of the 19th century, European and American armies heavily depended on the services of camp followers. These services included delivery...
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    logging camp (or lumber camp) is a transitory work site used in the logging industry. Before the second half of the 20th century, these camps were the...
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    Camp Collins (also known as the Fort Collins Military Reservation) was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army in the Colorado Territory. The...
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  • interior. Major interior ice camp camps supported were Camp Century, located at about the 138 mile mark inland from Tuto, and Camp Fistclench at Mile 218,...
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    Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a lead role in the...
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