World in Peril: The Origin , Mission & Scientific Findings of the 46th / 72nd Reconnaissance Squadron

World in Peril is the nonfiction story of the first operational unit in the Strategic Air Command, the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned SAC's first operational mission, "Project Nanook," - to assess the Soviet threat in the Arctic at the beginning of the Cold War. World in Peril chronicles the unit's development of the Grid System of Navigation which opened up the Arctic skies to world aviation and enabled the Strategic Air Command to become a global deterrent force. The scientific findings of the squadron remain today on the cutting edge of geophysics and give us foresight into future geological events that will reshape our planet and have a profound impact on our global society. World in Peril; The Story Behind the Discovery of Imminent Global Change, by author, Ken White: "To me, there was something almost legendary about the exploits of this remarkable unit, from carrying out dangerous reconnaissance missions over the arctic unknown, to finding three magnetic north poles, to making the discoveries that would lead Pentagon scientists to predict a global cataclysm (only to end up withholding this information from the public). This nonfiction book is a long-overdue record of these events, both for those who are curious about behind-the-scenes history, and those who are interested in why our planet is a world in peril. As a once-classified but now highly significant story to emerge from Cold War aviation, made personal by the unique perspective of the unit commander responsible for the operation, (then) Major Maynard E. White, World in Peril recreates the pioneering work of the first operational unit in the newly-formed Strategic Air Command, assigned SAC's first operational mission, "Project Nanook" - to assess the Soviet threat in the Arctic immediately after World War II. Om 46th/72nd rekognosceringseskadrille som udforskede områderne omkring Nordpolen og for at finde den magnetiske nordpol. De fleste af disse rekognosceringer var klassificerede og det grid net som eskadrillen udviklede af hensyn til navigaionen over nordpolen muliggjorde flyvning over dette område