Scientists now have a clearer picture of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base long hidden under the ice in Greenland, thanks to a NASA research team's good luck.

A NASA research aircraft spotted Camp Century, home to the secretive Cold War project Iceworm, deep beneath Greenland's ice.

Camp Century could spill millions of gallons of sewage, diesel fuel, and nuclear waste as climate warms Deep within the ice sheet of Greenland lies a US military secret that hasn't been seen since ...

Image Credit: NASA “We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century,” said Alex Gardner, a cryospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who helped lead ...

NASA scientists found Camp Century, an abandoned Cold War military base, during a flight to map the Greenland Ice Sheet. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the ...

A remarkable discovery unfolded in April 2024 as NASA scientists, flying over northern Greenland, captured a radar image that exposed an abandoned Cold War-era military base, Camp Century, buried ...

But Austin Kovacs, an army research engineer who worked at Camp Century, said it never felt dangerous. “People thought it was dangerous,” he told National Geographic . “And it was not dangerous.

(Image credit: NASA) Construction on Camp Century began in 1959, but the base was abandoned in 1967 due to the costs and challenges of keeping the tunnels from collapsing in the ever-shifting ice ...

As first flagged by Gizmodo on Monday, the most recent look at Camp Century came during an April 2024 flyby from NASA researchers. The team wasn’t actually looking for evidence of the facility ...

Camp Century, often referred to as the "City Under the Ice," was a Cold War-era U.S. military base constructed in 1959, and consisted of a network of underground tunnels dug into the ice.

Abandoned in 1967, snow and ice have accumulated over the camp with the facility’s solid structures now lying at least 30m (100ft) below the surface, researchers say. “We were looking for the ...

It is located around 100 feet beneath the surface. CAMP CENTURY, Greenland (WKRC) - NASA scientists said they've found an abandoned "city under the ice" while performing a survey in Greenland.