The discovery occurred while the NASA team was testing the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) system aboard a Gulfstream III aircraft.

NASA scientists found Camp Century, an abandoned Cold War military base, during a flight to map the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Nasa scientists have uncovered a hidden Cold War-era military base beneath Greenland's ice sheet using advanced radar imaging technology. The remarkable discovery was made during an April 2024 flyover,