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Something Strange Was Discovered |
This might be hard to believe, but a research base camp was constructed in 1959 in Antarctica. The underground communication trench is so huge that it looks like a small city. This feature might indicate that there're still many things humans are yet to discover in Antarctica. This communication camp, for instance, has been there for more than 60 years now, and only a handful of people know about it. Maybe you didn't know it existed until you found yourself reading this piece. The system consists of a total of 23 trenches and is dug underground and then covered with snow so that no one can see it. It's also covered in steel arches so that it's safe from any sort of danger. The military used the base camp for test research and laboratory research. Despite being there for all those years, the base is still intact and is still fully functional. Famous individuals like Richard E. Byrd might have more to share about this underground military base in Antarctica.
We all know how bad the cold war was. This was a time when the human race almost faced a possible extinction as a result of nuclear war. But today, in Germany, there's a hidden, cold war bunker with power still on. You can imagine how perfectly they constructed the bunker and prepared it for nuclear attack if it exists to date. If you go to that place, you won't even notice a single sign of an underground bunker. What happened is that after the war, a private citizen acquired the property, and then he had to seal it due to a flood. But with the right skills, one can still access the bunker and explore it. Actually, there're no weapons in there, but the bunker looks awesome. It's so huge that it can contain hundreds of military personnel. With this, you can see how humans can get creative and develop mind-blowing structures, even underground. The facility has around 25 rooms, and it goes down at least six meters below the ground level.
Since Antarctica is such a resourceful land that has not been fully utilized, many governments and organizations have shown interest in exploring its potential. For example, in 1943, the British wanted to go to Antarctica and commence claiming land over there. After word got out, the Chilean government also manifested its interest in getting a section of land in Antarctica instead of protecting the land. This was then followed by Australia, the US, and then the Soviet Union, and on the list goes. The first anomaly that anyone can see in Antarctica are the mountains. It has many mountains under the ice, and yet so many of them peaking above the ice. The next anomaly is the ice, which scientists report to have been there for thousands of years. Also, in Antarctica, you'll see so many stations. Most of these stations rest on ice, and some even stand on top of the water. The land is also not hospitable to infectious diseases because of the weather and due to the fact that it's isolated. But you'd definitely catch a cold if you go deep down the land.
Despite Antarctica's beauty, you can only go there to visit. The freezing, desolate land is so cold that it's not conducive for permanent human settlement. This is not a secret, but an exciting point to note about a bare land that humans have not fully explored. Estimates report that the east and west Antarctic Ice sheets hold at least 90% of the world's ice. This is why even the inhospitable conditions don't deter individuals from traveling here. Have you ever heard about the mystery of the singing ice? This is another exciting secret about Antarctica. It's a massive ross Ice shelf that keeps singing to itself. However, the sound is almost inaudible to human ears. To hear the sound, you might need to use seismic sensors. This sound results from wind blowing over the surface of the massive ice shelf. The continent is also the home to an enormous hole, which we can also describe as an exposed area of an unfrozen sea.
If you thought that you'd heard enough about Antarctica, then you've got to wait a moment. Did you know that a mysterious hole nearly the size of South Carolina has opened in Antarctica's Ice? The image emerged after NASA's satellite captured it, and the whole world went crazy about it. Polynya is the hole's name, and no one understands what exactly caused its formation on Antarctica's Ice. Note that besides being huge, the hole is far away from the coast, where such happenings are common. The last time a similar hole appeared in Antarctica was in 1970.
Antarctica is the size of the US and Mexico combined, and at least 90% of its surface is under an ice sheet. It's not a country or an Island but a whole continent covered in ice. Due to its vast size and unforgiving temperatures, humans have not been able to explore Antarctica fully. But what we know is that some of its anomalies result from human activities, while some of them are not. For example, the Military base results from human work, while the hole in the continent's ice happened naturally.
The Nuclear Powered Base in Antarctica is also known as Scott Base. It did not exist until amid the Cold War and is available to date. It contains everything the military needs to survive the attacks and incapacitate the enemies. A tour around the base shows that it was so huge that it could accommodate hundreds of soldiers. It has a laboratory and a test area. It was not a tiny base as it was the size of a small city and was under the ice sheet. The Scott Base also contained powerful weapons, and militaries spent most of their time in the base getting ready for war and launching attacks.
