NASA scientists were looking for the bed of the ice when they stumbled across the base, which was built during the Cold War.

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It’s 1962. Cold War tensions bristle between Washington and Moscow. Forced to enlist by the United States military, a young physician reluctantly cuts short his medical residency at New York’s ...

In the early 1960s, the U.S. military constructed a research station beneath the Greenland ice sheet known as Camp Century. What initially appeared to be a polar research facility was, in fact, a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Cold War was full of ambitious and often strange projects. Case ...