{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Pituffik (Thule Air Base)","identifier":"GL THU","unlocode":"GL THU","city":null,"country":"Greenland","waterBody":"Baffin Bay; Arctic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":23.2,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":76.533333,"longitude":-68.866667},"description":"Unlike a commercial harbour open to any carrier, Pituffik (GL THU) exists to supply a single customer: the US Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, on Baffin Bay. Billed as the world's northernmost deep-water port, it is reachable by sea only during a roughly six-week ice-free window, usually from late June to mid-August. The annual Pacer Goose sealift, run with the Military Sealift Command, lands a year's worth of fuel, construction materials, machinery and provisions in a single vessel","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/pituffik-thule-air-base-port-gl-thu","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/pituffik-thule-air-base-port-gl-thu","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Pituffik (Thule Air Base) · (UN/LOCODE: GL THU) · Greenland · Very Small · 23.2 m"}