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Mega-canyon discovered beneath Greenland's ice sheet

Scientists using ice-penetrating radar discovered a canyon below the ice sheet in northern Greenland. The canyon has the characteristics of a meandering river channel. It is more than 450 miles long and in places is almost a half-mile deep and is on the same scale as parts of the Grand Canyon.
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