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'Grand Canyon' found under Greenland ice

By T.K. Randall
September 2, 2013 · Comment icon 15 comments

Greenland's vast ice sheets. Image Credit: CC 2.0 Christine Zenino
A vast chasm has been discovered beneath an ice sheet in Greenland that rivals the Grand Canyon.
Researchers led by geographer Jonathan Bamber of the University of Bristol have pieced together several years worth of radar data to build up a picture of what lies beneath Greenland's ice sheets. What they found was a huge canyon 460 miles long and 2,600ft deep hidden below the ice, a veritable Grand Canyon that had until now remained completely undiscovered.
The British Antarctic Survey has expressed great surprise that such a massive geological feature could have remained hidden for so long. Researchers believe that the canyon plays an important role in transporting melt water down towards the ocean through a series of rivers beneath the ice.

"One might assume that the landscape of the Earth has been fully explored and mapped," said Bamber. "Our research shows there's still a lot left to discover."

Source: LA Times | Comments (15)




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Comment icon #6 Posted by brlesq1 11 years ago
Pure coolishness. Would love to see the pictures.
Comment icon #7 Posted by Collateral Damage 11 years ago
ATLANTIS? xD
Comment icon #8 Posted by seeder 11 years ago
Pure coolishness. Would love to see the pictures. Might be in for a long wait till it thaws, if it ever does that is
Comment icon #9 Posted by MrPringle 11 years ago
If it ever thaws, it will become true to its name Greenland
Comment icon #10 Posted by Sir Wearer of Hats 11 years ago
I keep reading the title as "huge crayon discovered..."
Comment icon #11 Posted by dibatag 11 years ago
by the time it melts i don't think humans will be around to see it
Comment icon #12 Posted by shrooma 11 years ago
sub arctic grand canyons- just one sign of revelation....? you can draw a bearing line around the earth that would connect it to the pyramids, so it MUST be true..... . we're doomed I tells ya! doooomed!! the end is most definitely nigh..... ;-)
Comment icon #13 Posted by Abramelin 11 years ago
Pure coolishness. Would love to see the pictures.
Comment icon #14 Posted by ash68 11 years ago
Shrooma,yes the end is nigh for all of us,in about 70 to 80 years or so,then the same again for the young people around at that time :-D
Comment icon #15 Posted by Mario Dantas 11 years ago


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