Ancient Antarctic Mountains Found Under Miles of Ice

AFP ^ | June 3, 2009 | NA

[neverdem]

Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the modern European Alps, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday.

In a study published by the British journal Nature, the scientists described a vast terrain that had been hidden beneath ice up to two miles thick for eons, until new imaging technology recently uncovered them.

"The landscape has probably been preserved beneath the ice sheet for around 14 million years," the paper said.

The imaging revealed "classic Alpine topography" similar to Europe's Alps, showing that rivers had once existed on Antarctica and had cut their way through the mountains. Later, these valleys were gouged and deepened by glaciers...

[neverdem]

More greenhouse gas drivel, where was Antarctica before it parked its butt on the South Pole, in a temperate climate somewhere else?

GEOLOGIC TIMELINE

Permian Period 290-248 million years ago
A single supercontinent, Pangaea, forms as Earth's landmasses collide and merge. Pangaea extends across all climatic zones and nearly from one pole to the other. This supercontinent is surrounded by an immense world ocean.

Extensive glaciation persists in what is now India, Australia, and Antarctica. Hot, dry conditions prevail elsewhere on Pangaea, and deserts become widespread.

The Gamburtsev mountains and the origin and early evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

[edcoil]

Isn’t that where they built the alien base.

[LiveFree99]

Lovecraft was right about the Mountains of Madness.

[omega4179]

Isn’t it Hitler’s ufo base

[Star Traveler]

The article said — The imaging revealed “classic Alpine topography” similar to Europe’s Alps, showing that rivers had once existed on Antarctica and had cut their way through the mountains.

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Well, obviously — this shows that we survived “Global Warming” before, so I don’t know why these liberals are all wrapped up in it... LOL...

[ I mean, it was obviously “Global Warming” if Antarctica had rivers flowing... :-)... ]

[americanophile]

"an ice sheet between 5,410 and 10,285 feet thick"

That's more than 8 Empire State Buildings on top of one another.

[GSP.FAN]

More greenhouse gas drivel, where was Antarctica before it parked its butt on the South Pole, in a temperate climate somewhere else?

Ancient cemetery found in ‘green’ Sahara Desert.

The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is providing clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when the region was moist and green.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-08-14-green-sahara-cemetery_N.htm

[neverdem]

Heads up!

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link.

[calex59]

More greenhouse gas drivel, where was Antarctica before it parked its butt on the South Pole, in a temperate climate somewhere else?

Actually I didn't go to your links but I believe that Antarctica shared the same fate that the arctic did. A shifting of our poles led to the north and south pole freezing, hence the Mammoths found frozen with unchewed food still in their mouths etc. Many unexplained things in this world, and many idiotic global warming freaks out there also.

[ETL]

Movie: "The Land That Time Forgot"

"Negotiating an underwater tunnel [beneath the ice] to gain the island's interior, those aboard U-33 are amazed to discover a tropical prehistoric world kept warm by volcanic forces. Here dinosaurs that should be long extinct live and roam, as do a curious race of humanoid savages that appear to exhibit all the various phases of Man's evolutionary development. To survive long enough to repair and replenish the U-boat, wartime enemies must put aside their differences and cooperate with one another. But not everyone is playing from the Kumbaya songbook... The Land That Time Forgot is a thoroughly old fashioned sci-fi/fantasy adventure of the type they weren't really making anymore even in 1975. A lot of this has to do with the script sticking to Burroughs' Victorian style. (His Caprona tales were first published in 1918; as late as World War II he'd still be cranking out novels in the writing style of the 19th Century.) The film's a throwback to the likes of the original King Kong and potboilers such as Unknown Island (1948) and The Land Unknown (1957), only in color."
http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/land_time_forgot.htm

YouTube trailer: The Land That Time Forgot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beirEaMzV-s

[calex59]

The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is providing clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when the region was moist and green.

Many scientist today attribute the wearing of the Sphinx to rain water about 10,000 years ago. Egypt had heavy rain then they think and have evidence to support it.

[ETL]

Volcanic eruptions reshape Arctic ocean floor: study
June 25, 2008 | AFP

Recent massive volcanoes have risen from the ocean floor deep under the Arctic ice cap, spewing plumes of fragmented magma into the sea, scientists who filmed the aftermath reported Wednesday.

The eruptions -- as big as the one that buried Pompei -- took place in 1999 along the Gakkel Ridge, an underwater mountain chain snaking 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles) from the northern tip of Greenland to Siberia.

Scientists suspected even at the time that a simultaneous series of earthquakes were linked to these volcanic spasms.

But when a team led of scientists led by Robert Sohn of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts finally got a first-ever glimpse of the ocean floor 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) beneath the Arctic pack ice, they were astonished.

What they saw was unmistakable evidence of explosive eruptions rather than the gradual secretion of lava bubbling up from Earth's mantle onto the ocean floor.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gRI87Fyr-TpE6OBYfAcYxFKSXRJg

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From Ohio State University News, Dec 2007...

EARTH'S HEAT ADDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE TO MELT GREENLAND ICE

COLUMBUS , Ohio -- Scientists have discovered what they think may be another reason why Greenland 's ice is melting: a thin spot in Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to heat the ice.

They have found at least one “hotspot” in the northeast corner of Greenland -- just below a site where an ice stream was recently discovered.

The researchers don't yet know how warm the hotspot is. But if it is warm enough to melt the ice above it even a little, it could be lubricating the base of the ice sheet and enabling the ice to slide more rapidly out to sea.

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/hotgreen.htm

[DHSMostWanted]

Yea there was a pyramid with the Alien eggs in the sacrificial chamber. The Predators would come and hunt them after the Aliens burst out of the stomachs.

[neverdem]

Thanks for all of your stuff.

[Ole Okie]

Thanks for all of your stuff.

Ditto.

[swatbuznik]

“The Land that Time Forgot.”

Awww, one of my favorite childhood movies!!

[ETL]

You’re welcome, and thank *you* for all the stuff you do.

[GSP.FAN]

Your welcome,i posted the article on another website disputing global warming,climate change or whatever you wanna call it.
My replies came in the form of graphs about sea level,temp etc etc.
I replied does nobody comment,i was thrown off the website..

[Citizen Tom Paine]

When was the last time that Antarctica was ice free? Isn’t there an old chart that shows Antarctica without ice?