This article recounts an untold chapter in the life of archaeologist Froelich Rainey, specifically his ambition to collaborate with Soviet scholars and deploy his personal networks to foster mutual understanding across the Iron Curtain during the height of the Cold War. The picaresque and implausible life of Rainey, who entered wartime Vienna in the turret of a B-52 bomber and was a State Department consultant with CIA connections, frantic anti-communist and advisor to Henry Kissinger, reveals just what was at stake for research in the frozen north. Here, I uncover Rainey’s work on ice—from his archaeological explorations in Alaska and his vision for a network of Arctic archaeologists to his internationalist aspirations for world peace. Without doubt, Rainey was a fascinating character, but he also occupied a position from which a wide range of values can be excavated—about politics, security, race and global order in mid-century transitions.

本文讲述了考古学家 Froelich Rainey 一生中不为人知的一章，特别是他在冷战高峰期间与苏联学者合作并部署他的个人网络以促进跨越铁幕的相互理解的雄心。Rainey 乘坐 B-52 轰炸机的炮塔进入战时维也纳，是与中央情报局有联系的国务院顾问、狂热的反共分子和亨利·基辛格的顾问，其流浪而难以置信的生活揭示了冰冻的北方。在这里，我发现了雷尼在冰上的工作——从他在阿拉斯加的考古探索和他对北极考古学家网络的愿景，到他对世界和平的国际主义愿望。毫无疑问，雷尼是一个迷人的角色，