Historical Atlas of the Arctic (17 August 1977)

Aug 1949Soviets test their first
nuclear weapon

Jun 1951US-Danish Treaty on
Greenland effective

Aug 1953Canadian gov.
moves Inuit families
to populate High Arctic

May 1955Warsaw Pact
formed

Aug 1958USS Nautilus makes
submarine crossing
of North Pole

Jan 1959Alaska becomes
US state

Jan 1973Greenland joins
European Communities
with Denmark

17 Aug 1977Soviet icebreaker
Arktika reaches
North Pole

the Arctic, 17 Aug 1977: Nuclear StandoffFull map view for mobile