Illustration of a Climatized Arctic Airbase from Mechanix Illustrated Magazine

(Original Caption) Warm Bubble in the Arctic. New York, New York: A climatized arctic airbase, housed in huge plastic domes and heated by portable atomic fission units, is envisioned in the April issue of Mechanix Illustrated magazine. The magazine says that small plastic shelters recently demonstrated by the Marine Corps could be scaled up to almost any size. One 2,000 feet in diameter could house military installations, living quarters and the atomic heating plant according to the magazine. Smaller domes nearby, (bottom, left) could be used for service facilities, storage space and even gardens. Air operations from the giant plaster shelter would be centered on huge turntable platforms atop the dome (top). One platform would launch fighter planes and atomic bombers, and the other guided missiles. An elevator in the center would carry planes and pilots up and down.