You Wouldn't Believe What Scientists Found Frozen in Glaciers and Lakes

An Entire Mountain Range

Scientists have known about the Gamburtsev Mountains for 50 years now, but humanity has yet to be able to observe it. This mountain range covers most of Antarctica and is likely untouchable by humankind. It is theorized that humans will go extinct before any of that ice can melt enough to expose even the tallest peak of the mountain range, which is 10,000 feet by the way. 

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Holding a sneeze can be dangerous.
  • Crayola is literally "oily chalk."
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • The world's oldest operating library is in Morocco.
Next Page →