Hey DD, that one’s for you!

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After the Russians hastily abandoned a research station on a floating ice island in the heart of the Arctic in 1962, the U.S. Intelligence Community formulated a plan to retrieve any research that may have been left behind in an attempt to further evaluate the Arctic’s strategic value. Specialists parachuted down to the site, collected their materials, and then were Skyhooked out from a from a B-17.

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