Huge Greenland Canyon Found

[GT/CS]

A huge canyon found under all that ice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23866810

 

[tuxcat]

Hmm very interesting - it'll be interesting to see what the bacteria in the canyon is like. It's an amazing testament of ice's ability to hide and conceal things - I remember a crashed plane being eaten by a glacier in New Zealand from a Sunday teatime documentary a long time ago.

 

[Tiktaalik]

The new Greenland Canyon National Park...mule rides to the bottom!

 

[tuxcat]

The new Greenland Canyon National Park...mule rides to the bottom!

Or a polar-bear ride. Or an expat-penguin ride to the bottom.

Yeah yeah I'll get me coat.

 

[lenny]

The new Greenland Canyon National Park...mule rides to the bottom!

i preferred to walk the grand canyon myself.

but what might fill the role of feral donkeys in greenland? generically engineered (feral) ice moles?!?

 

[Tiktaalik]

i preferred to walk the grand canyon myself.

but what might fill the role of feral donkeys in greenland? generically engineered (feral) ice moles?!?

Musk ox. Caribou? Walrus rides?

 

[fuelair]

Neat one!! Thanks!!!!

 

[lomiller]

The new Greenland Canyon National Park...mule rides to the bottom!

It wouldn’t surprise me if this canyon is below sea level. Much of Greenland has been compressed below sea level by the weight if the ice sitting on top of it.

 

[LTC8K6]

Wonder if people were living in the canyon?

 

[LSSBB]

Wonder if people were living in the canyon?

The article I read says the ice capped it over 1.5 million years ago, so doubtful. Recent estimates for North American habitation by humans is that it commenced about 12000-15000 years ago I believe.

What I wonder is if there are significant air gaps.