Dec 3, 2024 · In April 2024, a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was flying over Greenland to test a radar instrument when they made an unintentional discovery. Their equipment captured imagery of Camp Century, a Cold War-era U.S. …

Jul 20, 2023 · In 1959, the United States began construction of a real-life version of the frozen Echo Base from The Empire Strikes Back. The plan for Camp Century was to test snow tunneling technologies in...

Oct 14, 2020 · Starting in 1959, the U.S. Army Engineer Corps began excavating two miles worth of tunnels beneath the north Greenland ice sheet using a method referred to as “cut and cover.” This approach...

Aug 1, 2021 · Starting in 1959, the U.S. Army Engineer Corps began excavating two miles worth of tunnels beneath the north Greenland ice sheet using a method referred to as “cut and cover.” This approach...

Jul 8, 2001 · Facilities operations at the United States’ Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station present many challenges. The extremely low temperatures, associated wind chills, darkness during the long austral night, and drifting snow all hamper normal operations.

May 7, 2019 · Iceworm called for the placement of up to 600 nuclear-armed medium-range ballistic missiles in a series of underground tunnels. Ultimately the tunnel system would span almost 2,500 miles of the...

May 2, 2019 · In the early 1970s, when satellites first began snapping photos of Earth, scientists noticed a mysterious hole in one of Antarctica's seasonal ice packs, floating on the Lazarev Sea. Come summertime the gap had disappeared, and for …

Jul 11, 2014 · The characteristic Styrofoam-squeak of rubber-soled boots on the compacted snow is muted in the ice tunnels below the South Pole Station. Scott Smith confidently walks farther down the tunnel that was carved by machine and man more than a decade ago, pointing out where workers have more recently been wielding chainsaws to widen the corridor ...

5 days ago · Soldiers armed with electric chain saws roamed the narrow tunnels, working like sculptors, carving back the relentless snow. Army planners eventually had to admit that none of this was a good idea.

Jan 27, 2015 · Deep below one of the world’s most remote outposts, a network of tunnels cut into the ice has come to house “shrines” dedicated to both the odd and the profound.