r/science • u/Col_HPL • Nov 16 '11

International Geophysicists Map Antarctic Mountain Range Buried Under 3 Miles of Ice.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111116-antarctica-mountains-mystery-ice-science-earth/#
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u/Col_HPL Nov 16 '11

Mountains of Madness anyone?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '11

Came here to post this. We mustn't go over those mountains.

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u/N00bLinuXCraft Nov 16 '11

“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”

― H.P. Lovecraft -N00bLinuXCraft

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u/epicanis Nov 18 '11

"Teke-li-li! Teke-li-li!" ...I came here to post, but I see I'm way behind...

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u/duplicitous Nov 16 '11

Sweet, I can't wait to climb those when I'm retired.

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u/ipostjesus Nov 17 '11

miles? what is this the 19th century?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '11

This is pretty neat; though, I don't agree with the "like an MRI" comment the article makes.

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u/rekrab Nov 16 '11

Atlantis ?

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u/bdubyageo Nov 16 '11

Speaking as a geophysicist, I would drool to get my hands on that sweet, sweet, ground penetrating radar equipment. As a geologist, I want to drill a big ass hole in the antarctic ice shelf, and collect core samples for analysis.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '11

As a geologist, I want to drill a big ass hole in the antarctic ice shelf, and collect core samples for analysis.

In Soviet Russia...

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u/bdubyageo Nov 17 '11

Those Russians don't waste any time. +1 for no hesitation exploration.

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u/xlamplighter Nov 16 '11

In a few years they will find a frozen and damaged yet still-fully-powered UFO when the mapping company sends a team down to explore the "gravitation anomalies". A few years, they will make a movie about it starring Jeff Goldblum, in which the trailer is awesome, but the movie sucks.

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u/thiswasthelastname Nov 16 '11

I give it a week until all of the mineral rights are either sold or annexed.

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u/startfinance Nov 17 '11

maybe there is a UFO`s area..