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Ultima Thule: American Outpost at the Top of the World
Heading towards the poles, space/time folds onto itself, and disparate worlds merge into one another. In the Arctic, converging lines of longitude catch nations in a cartographic net, pulling the competing powers of the northern hemisphere into collision. It is here, then, where the most extreme electronic fortresses and entrenchments were laid between East and West. Engaged in a war of silence, massive sensitive antennas watched for movements, straining to detect in the invisible spectrum. Dark deadly vessels glided silently beneath the ice, hair-triggered to strike with a terminal conflagration. The Arctic was the front line for the cold, Cold War. And history continues. Read the newsletter article about this exhibit
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