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'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

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NASA flew over Greenland in 2024 to map the depth of the ice sheet and layers of bedrock below it.

The images revealed a new view of Camp Century , a Cold War-era U.S. military base.

Camp Century was the site of a secret Cold War project known as Project Iceworm .

The base was abandoned in 1967 due to the costs and challenges of keeping the tunnels from collapsing in the ever-shifting ice sheet.