Embark on a journey into the unknown with “World in Peril,“ a non-fiction audiobook by Ken White, chronicling the remarkable story of the first operational unit in the newly-formed Strategic Air Command. This unit was assigned SAC's first operational mission, “Project Nanook,“ which aimed to assess the Soviet threat in the Arctic immediately after World War II. Ken White, the son of Major Maynard E. White - the unit commander responsible for the operation - draws upon his father's unique perspective to recreate the groundbreaking work of this exceptional unit. The unit's accomplishments include dangerous reconnaissance missions over the Arctic, discovering three magnetic north poles, and developing the Grid System of Navigation, which opened up Arctic skies to global aviation. “World in Peril“ is not only a long-overdue account of these events, but it also tells the story of discoveries that led Pentagon scientists to predict a global cataclysm, which they ulti
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