Site: BAR-E
Satellite Image – high level.
Satellite Image – close-up.
Site photo 1989. Courtesy Steve LaCourse.
Site photo August 2006. Courtesy David Wells.
Ice Runway 1957. Courtesy RE (Bob) Heath.
Also: See War Stories 3 “First sighting of BAR-E” for comment on the Ice Runway.
Construction Era Photos for BAR-E.
The pictures below were selected from the extensive collection of Markham Cheever, the DEWLine’s Superintendent of Construction from 1953 to 1957, before the Line went operational. (Click on picture to enlarge.)
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Slipway with a D-6 Caterpillar. May 1955.
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View of the slipway and the stockpile from Tipple. April 1957.
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The tundra and lakes surrounding the site. Sept 1955.