The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S.

Nestled above the 76th parallel in northwestern Greenland, Pituffik Space Base is one of the most remote military installations on Earth.

Denmark and the U.S. reached an agreement in 1951 that allowed the American military to construct Thule Air Base on Greenland’s northwest coast, about 750 miles from the North Pole and roughly ...

FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in northern Greenland on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file) FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air ...

It is about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) north of Greenland's capital, Nuuk. It was known as the Thule Air Base until 2023, when it was renamed to recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage and ...

Pituffik Space Base, originally named Thule Air Base, was formally established in 1951 as part of a Cold War-era defense treaty between the US and Denmark. It is located in Pituffik, Greenland ...

FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in northern Greenland on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file) 32,615 people played the daily Crossword recently.