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Image Not Available for Just south of the Arctic Circle, approximately 400 soldiers from US Army Alaska parachute from aircraft onto the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, which is a US Army launch site for ballistic missiles. The exercise is code-named Arctic Anvil and is designed to train for cold weather warfare. These soldiers are playing the role of an imagined invading army.
Just south of the Arctic Circle, approximately 400 soldiers from US Army Alaska parachute from aircraft onto the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, which is a US Army launch site for ballistic missiles. The exercise is code-named Arctic Anvil and is designed to train for cold weather warfare. These soldiers are playing the role of an imagined invading army.
Image Not Available for Just south of the Arctic Circle, approximately 400 soldiers from US Army Alaska parachute from aircraft onto the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, which is a US Army launch site for ballistic missiles. The exercise is code-named Arctic Anvil and is designed to train for cold weather warfare. These soldiers are playing the role of an imagined invading army.
Artist Louie Palu born 1968

Just south of the Arctic Circle, approximately 400 soldiers from US Army Alaska parachute from aircraft onto the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, which is a US Army launch site for ballistic missiles. The exercise is code-named Arctic Anvil and is designed to train for cold weather warfare. These soldiers are playing the role of an imagined invading army.

Portfolio/SeriesDistant Early Warning
Datebetween 2015 and 2018, printed 2019
Medium/Materialspigment print
Dimensions50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Credit LineGift of the artist in memory of Fiorina and Giuseppe Palu
Object Number2023.1.9
DepartmentPERMANENT COLLECTION