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Strong hints of a vast canyon system hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet

Friday, January 15th 2016 - 08:06 UTC
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A vast, previously unrecognized canyon system could be hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet. Hints of its presence are seen in the shape of the white continent's surface, in a largely unexplored region called Princess Elizabeth Land. If confirmed by a proper geophysical survey - now under way - the winding canyon network would be over 1,000km long and in places as much as 1km deep. Read full article

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  • Da_pict

    The canyon is not a natural structure, that where the Nazi secret base that has been carved out of the rock and ice.
    But that’ll never be confirmed as mysterious accidents will befall any investigation that attempts to discover more and gets too close.
    Mark my words

    Jan 15th, 2016 - 08:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet,

    Hang on, before any of you argies even get a sniff of this,

    its not yours, you cant claim it, you don't own it,
    so soddy offy.

    Jan 15th, 2016 - 08:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • vespao

    The earths core contains 1% Magnesium, providing the magnetic field.

    Jan 21st, 2016 - 05:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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