Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Antarctic Ice Is Hiding a Super-Trench Way Deeper Than the Grand Canyon

Antarctic Ice Is Hiding a Super-Trench Way Deeper Than the Grand Canyon
Jan 14th 2014, 16:40, by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Antarctic Ice Is Hiding a Super-Trench Way Deeper Than the Grand Canyon
The ice sheet that covers Antarctica is ancient, hiding a whole landscape of mountains and valleys that once teemed with life (more than 80 million years ago, that is). Using radar and satellite footage, scientists are studying this hidden world—and they just found a two-mile-deep canyon down there.
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