NASA scientists have reuncovered a lengthy-lost “city” buried under 100ft of ice, 58 years after it was aprohibitdoned as a US base during the Cgreater War.
Camp Century, built in 1959 in northwest Greenland, was a never-finishd secret begin site for balcatalogic ignoreiles to accomplish the Soviet Union.
As ice began to crush the site, the US aprohibitdoned the project and left the camp – which could have broadened to 33 bases – to be sluggishly lost to the elements.
That’s until NASA scientist Chad Greene, helped by agency expert Alex Gardner, flew over Greenland in April this year to map ice sheets and approximate future sea level elevate.
“We were seeing for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century,” shelp Mr Gardner, describing how their radar-distinguishing set ups materializeed to align with tunnels built in the base.
“We didn’t understand what it was at first,” Mr Gardner inserted.
A fweightless above the ice came atraverse the secret city. Pic: NASA
While the presence of the base has been understandn for years and has been distinguished previously, NASA shelp the new mapping shows set ups “in a way that they’ve never been seen before”.
Officipartner, Camp Century was originated to test sub-ice erection techniques, but the authentic set up was top secret – creating a hideed begin site in case of dispute with the Soviets.
It was aprohibitdoned in 1966, but what the US left behind – an approximated 200,000 litres of diesel oil and sewage – has caengaged a row over the spotless-up.
A thermal drill at Camp Century in the 1960s. Pic: National Archives
Greenland has previously called on Denlabel – which owns the land – to apvalidate responsibility, arguing the Danes concurd to the deal in the first place.
Towards the end of his first term in office plivent-elect Donald Trump shelp he was interested in buying Greenland from Denlabel, describing it as “essentipartner a big authentic estate deal”.
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