Camp Century, also known as the “city under the ice,” is a relic of the Cold War. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the military base in 1959 by cutting a network of tunnels within the ...

Scientists now have a clearer picture of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base long hidden under the ice in Greenland, thanks to a NASA research team's good luck.

Buried under 30 meters of ice and snow, Camp Century was built in 1959 by cutting a series of 21 tunnels for three kilometers under the ice.

NASA scientists found Camp Century, an abandoned Cold War military base, during a flight to map the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Camp Century: Abandoned Cold War 'city under the ice' rediscovered by NASA NASA said new mapping shows the abandoned base "like never before", almost 60 years after the US abandoned the project.

Buried under 30 meters of ice and snow, Camp Century was built in 1959 by cutting a series of 21 tunnels for three kilometers under the ice.

"We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century," NASA cryospheric scientist Alex Gardner said.

Camp Century, a subterranean military base in Greenland, was spotted under the icy expanse during a flight earlier this year.

According to the declassified documents a military base from the Cold War era, named Camp Century, was created beneath a glacier in Greenland and was dubbed "City Under the Ice" ...

Camp Century: Abandoned Cold War 'city under the ice' rediscovered by NASA NASA said new mapping shows the abandoned base "like never before", almost 60 years after the US abandoned the project.