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The vast network of canyons – long 1000 kilometers long and deep kilometer – discovered in Antarctica British scientists. The network is under the ice, in so far unexplored region called Earth Princess Elizabeth.

Under the ice of Antarctica is hidden giant canyons

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A team of researchers under the auspices of NASA again He went to Antarctica. There will be searching for meteorites, so that will be perhaps better to know the past of the solar system and what is beyond it. It turns out that the land of the ice is the best place for this type of projects. read more
                     

Researchers at the University of Durham surrendered detailed analysis of satellite data. They do not exclude that the canyons may lead to a huge lake, which also is hidden beneath Antarctica. It may be up to 1,200 square km.

The results of preliminary research published in the latest issue of the scientific journal “Geologist”.

The findings of scholars seem to confirm the results of a few tests geophysical surveys that were carried out previously in several places in the east of the continent. Podlodowcowej detailed knowledge of the topography of Antarctica will allow scientists better forecast the effects of climate change, which goes our planet. This is a very tedious job – creating a map of the rock formation, which will be under-researched already the ice, it took the researchers nearly 50 years.

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