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{{main|Pituffik Space Base}}
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===Forced relocation===
===Forced relocation===
In 1951 the United States was given permission to build Thule Air Base at the site of the settlement. Between 1952 and May 1953, all residents of Pituffik and nearby Dundas (Uummannaq) were forcibly relocated {{convert|130|km|mi|abbr=on}} north to the new town of [[Qaanaaq]], commonly known at the time as "''New Qaanaaq''" or "''New Thule''",<ref name="cold">{{cite book|last=Ehrlich|first=Gretel|title=This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland|publisher=[[Random House]]|pages=143, 176, 222|year=2001|isbn=978-0-679-75852-5|author-link=Gretel Ehrlich}}</ref><ref name="postgl">{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/telegreenlandas/docs/gc_gb_0302 |publisher=[[Post Greenland]] |title=Greenland Collector Vol.8, No.2, May 2003 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> where people were forced to live in tents from May 1953 until November of the same year, well into the polar winter, while the 27 new houses were constructed for them.<ref name="postgl"/><ref name="elaw">{{cite web |url=http://www.elaw.org/node/3834 |publisher=Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide |title=Denmark -- HINGITAQ 53 vs. Denmark, Application No. 18584/04 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> The total cost of the relocation amounted to 8.65 million [[Danish krone]] (DKK), or 1.52 million US dollars, with more than half covered by the U.S. side.<ref name="elaw"/>
In 1951 the United States was given permission to build Thule Air Base at the site of the settlement. Between 1952 and May 1953, all residents of Pituffik and nearby Dundas (Uummannaq) were forcibly relocated {{convert|130|km|mi|abbr=on}} north to the new town of [[Qaanaaq]], commonly known at the time as "''New Qaanaaq''" or "''New Thule''",<ref name="cold">{{cite book|last=Ehrlich|first=Gretel|title=This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland|publisher=[[Random House]]|pages=143, 176, 222|year=2001|isbn=978-0-679-75852-5|author-link=Gretel Ehrlich}}</ref><ref name="postgl">{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/telegreenlandas/docs/gc_gb_0302 |publisher=[[Post Greenland]] |title=Greenland Collector Vol.8, No.2, May 2003 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> where people were forced to live in tents from May 1953 until November of the same year, well into the polar winter, while the 27 new houses were constructed for them.<ref name="postgl"/><ref name="elaw">{{cite web |url=http://www.elaw.org/node/3834 |publisher=Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide |title=Denmark -- HINGITAQ 53 vs. Denmark, Application No. 18584/04 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> The total cost of the relocation amounted to 8.65 million [[Danish krone]] (DKK), or 1.52 million US dollars, with more than half covered by the American side.<ref name="elaw"/>


The airbase is not part of any civilian municipality of Greenland, but an [[enclave]] within Greenland, outside of its jurisdiction. Within Greenland the airbase location, and the airbase itself, continue to be referred to as Pituffik, in memory of the old settlement. Access to the site is restricted, with travellers bound for Thule Air Base required to apply for access permit from either Rigsombudsmanden in [[Nuuk]] (residents of Greenland), or the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Danish Foreign Ministry]] (all others). Failure to present the permit during check-in results in denial of boarding. The same rules apply for transfers at Pituffik, including a stopover on the way from Qaanaaq to [[Savissivik]], the southernmost settlement of northern Greenland, on the shore of [[Melville Bay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/pituffik-thule-air-base/transportation-to-pituffik |publisher=[[Air Greenland]] |title=Transportation to Pituffik |access-date=6 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410190108/http://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/pituffik-thule-air-base/transportation-to-pituffik |archive-date=10 April 2016 }}</ref>
The airbase is not part of any civilian municipality of Greenland, but an [[enclave]] within Greenland, outside of its jurisdiction. Within Greenland the airbase location, and the airbase itself, continue to be referred to as Pituffik, in memory of the old settlement. Access to the site is restricted, with travellers bound for Thule Air Base required to apply for access permit from either Rigsombudsmanden in [[Nuuk]] (residents of Greenland), or the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Danish Foreign Ministry]] (all others). Failure to present the permit during check-in results in denial of boarding. The same rules apply for transfers at Pituffik, including a stopover on the way from Qaanaaq to [[Savissivik]], the southernmost settlement of northern Greenland, on the shore of [[Melville Bay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/pituffik-thule-air-base/transportation-to-pituffik |publisher=[[Air Greenland]] |title=Transportation to Pituffik |access-date=6 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410190108/http://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/pituffik-thule-air-base/transportation-to-pituffik |archive-date=10 April 2016 }}</ref>
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