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July 27, 2012
Eine Reise ans Ende des Verstandes
Divers may have discovered a U-boat at the bottom of the Churchill River, 100 km inland from the Atlantic coast of Labrador (via Quotulatiousness).
"We do know that German U-boats did operate in that region," said Georg Juergens, the deputy head of mission for the German Embassy in Ottawa.
He notes that a Second World War-era, battery-operated weather station was found decades after being left in Labrador by a U-boat. It is now on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
He notes that a Second World War-era, battery-operated weather station was found decades after being left in Labrador by a U-boat. It is now on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Related: Weather Station Kurt.
Weather Station Kurt (Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26) was an Automatic weather station, erected by a German U-boat crew in Northern Labrador, Newfoundland in October 1943. This was the only armed German military operation on land in North America during the Second World War.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 27, 2012 08:57 AM