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Summit Camp is located on the Greenland Ice Cap at 72 34N, 38 28W. The camp consists of a variety of structures. The Big House is a 26'W x 56'L building that serves the center of camp activity for the summer season. It serves as the summer kitchen, dining hall, office, and houses a complete bathroom and laundry facility. The generator module supplies power to the camp and includes a snow melter for water production. The Green House facility consists of two 8-foot wide stand-alone modules with a 16-foot connecting link between them. One unit serves as a laboratory, the other as a second kitchen (primarily used for cooking during the winter) and bath unit, with the center structure housing a common area and winter berthing. Additionally, a science Weatherport and a shop Weatherport are available.

Access to Summit Camp is by aircraft which land on a 15,000' by 200' snow runway. This is a prepared and regularly groomed landing area for ski-equipped aircraft.

Sleeping accommodations for the summer season is in unheated tents (Arctic Ovens). Winter berthing is indoors.

The camp is equipped with a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) internet system and telephone link, HF radio, Inmarsat Standard-C telex, and one lnmarsat Mini-M satellite telephone. Email, data transfers, and telephone access are available to researchers and staff.

Incoming mail is flown in from Kangerlussuaq each flight period. Outgoing mail is delivered back to Kangerlussuaq. All mail service is via international mail through Denmark. Airmail takes approximately one week from the U.S. to the Greenland coast. When sending mail to Summit, allow an additional one to two weeks.

The Summit Camp is staffed with a cook. Meals will be provided 6 days a week. On Sunday all camp personnel are asked to assist with meals.

VECO Polar Resources contracts with Medical Advisory Services, Inc. (http://www.mas1.com/) to provide 24 hour a day on-call medical advice for emergency and non-emergency medical issues. All camps have at least one Wilderness First Responder certified staff member responsible for coordinating all medical issues.

Project related phone calls and limited personal calls may be made from Summit using a telephone with a U.S. exchange. Calls are billed with Florida as the origin. Inbound calls or faxes to Summit are possible.