Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland / 03:14 / POSTED 24.06.19

Using radar data to map Camp Century

Camp Century is an abandoned Cold War-era military base in the near-surface layers of the Greenland Ice Sheet. In response to concerns from the Government of Greenland over the potential remobilization of its contaminants by climate change, the Government of Denmark established the Camp Century Climate Monitoring Programme in 2017. See more here:

https://www.geus.dk/om-geus/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2019/jun/camp-century-radarundersoegelse-og-besoeg/