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Resurrection of the Eskimoes: Canada, 1959

Member of the DEW Defense Early Warning station near Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, communicating by radio
WHO/Paul Almasy

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One of the most important of the famous DEW (Defense Early Warning) stations, not far from Tuktoyaktuk. Communications are maintained by means of short-wave transmitters.

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