Secret Cold War nuclear base hidden under ice sheet is captured in stunning photo by pilot flying overhead
Secret Cold War nuclear base hidden under ice sheet is captured in stunning photo by pilot flying overhead
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A NASA scientist has discovered a defunct Cold War military base hidden deep beneath the Greenland ice sheet. Chad Greene, a cryospheric scientist at the Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was flying a plane over the enormous glacier when the radar unexpectedly detected something buried within the ice.
![[Chad Greene, a NASA JPL cryospheric scientist, was flying a Gulfstream III over the enormous glacier when the radar unexpectedly detected Camp Century]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/26/19/92505165-14128577-Chad_Greene_a_NASA_JPL_cryospheric_scientist_was_flying_a_Gulfst-a-61_1732648982271.jpg)
Previous radar imaging of Camp Century looked like nothing more than a 'blip,' but the new map revealed 3D structures that aligned with the design and structure of the base. The camp was spotted around 150 miles east of Pituffik Space Base in northern Greenland.
![[Camp Century is a US military base built in 1959 that consists of a network of 21 tunnels but just below the surface of the ice sheet ice, spanning a total length of 9,800 feet]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/26/21/92505169-14128577-Camp_Century_is_a_US_military_base_built_in_1959_that_consists_o-a-18_1732657973556.jpg)
'We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century,' said fellow JPL cryospheric scientist Alex Gardner, who co-lead the project. 'We didn't know what it was at first.'. Camp Century, also known as 'the city under the ice,' was a US military base built in 1959. It consists of of 21 tunnels drilled just below the surface of the ice sheet, spanning a total length of 9,800 feet.
![[Previous airborne surveys that flew over Camp Century used conventional ground-penetrating radar, which points straight down and produces a 2D profile of the ice sheet]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/26/18/92505167-14128577-image-a-29_1732644331512.jpg)
It was used as a front for Project Iceworm, which aimed to install a vast network of nuclear missile launch sites that could target the Soviet Union. But due to the instability of the ice sheet, the project - and Camp Century - was ultimately abandoned in 1967, gradually becoming buried in snow and ice.
NASA scientists captured an image of an abandoned US military base that has been hiding under ice in the. Chad Greene, a NASA JPL cryospheric scientist, was flying a Gulfstream III over the enormous glacier when the radar unexpectedly detected Camp Century.
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