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January 17, 2014

Massive valley deeper than Grand Canyon found under antarctic ice
Newcastle, England (UPI) Jan 15, 2013
A massive ancient subglacial trough - deeper than the Grand Canyon - exists under the ice of Antarctica, a team of British experts says. Scientists from a number of British universities and the British Antarctic Survey discovered the massive valley during three seasons of charting the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands - an ancient mountain range buried beneath several kilometers of antarctic ice - using data from satellites and ice-penetrating radars towed behind snowmobiles and on-board small ... read more

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