Iceolated and Confused: Camp Century, 1959
In the 1950s, amidst the cavernous glaciers and jagged fjords of Greenland's west coast, the U.S. government undertook a groundbreaking first-strike program: Project Iceworm. Project Iceworm aimed to construct a series of hardened nuclear launch sites under Greenland's ice sheet, justified through the false research facility "Camp Century." Unfortunately, engineering challenges and unstable glacial conditions resulted in the program's cancellation in 1966.
Delegates will be dropped straight into camp action, just after a chill in U.S.-USSR relations. The waters of nuclear competition are turbulent, and the path forward is cloudy. Can the delegates avoid cataclysm that will ripple for centuries, or is a warm up for global annihilation inevitable? Only time will tell.
Kendall Thorne
Crisis Director
Kendall is a sophomore majoring in Quantum Molecular Engineering and Economics. She grew up in New York City but has lived in San Francisco for the past nine years. At the University of Chicago, she serves on the executive board of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and is involved in multiple pre-professional business programs. Kendall intends on pursuing a career in investment banking after college with hopes of working with quantum computing in the future. She has spent the fall studying in Rome and has a deep love for pasta and all other carbs! She is very into pilates and matcha.
Kendall cannot wait to be your Crisis Director for ChoMUN XXIX! If you have any questions, please reach out at kendallthorne@uchicago.edu.
Rajeev Sharma
CRISIS Director
Rajeev is a member of the Class of 2027, majoring in Physics and Fundamentals: Issues and Texts. Though originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he’s now a staunch Chicago pizza convert. He’s a fan of all things hockey (go Sharks!) and F1.
Outside of ChoMUN, he works at a student-run coffee shop and loves exploring Chicago’s used bookstores. He can’t wait to be your Crisis Director for ChoMUN XXIX! If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Rajeev at rajeevs@uchicago.edu.
Secretariat oversight:
lulu deluca, Under-secretary-general