The land underneath the East Antarctic ice sheet is less well-known than the surface of Mars,” said Durham University Professor Stewart Jamieson, summing up the deep mystery that has only just started ...

Antarctica wasn’t always a desolate icescape. International researchers announced the discovery of an over ...

The ancient landscape was discovered in Wilkes Land, a remote inland part of East Antarctica, and spanned more than 12,000 ...

An ancient lost world hidden for more than 34 million years has been discovered below a mile of ice in Antarctica. Using ...

A lost ancient world, likely once home to rivers and forests, has been discovered under a mile of ice in Antarctica.

Beneath East Antarctica's thick ice, scientists have uncovered a hidden, ancient landscape untouched for 34 million years.

"The implication is that this must be a very old landscape carved by rivers before the ice sheet itself grew." The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) began forming during the Eocene-Oligocene ...

A vast ancient landscape, untouched for more than 34 million years, has been discovered buried beneath more than a mile of ice in East Antarctica. The hidden terrain lies in a remote region known ...

The icy, desolate landscape of Antarctica, a continent synonymous with extreme cold and scientific isolation, might be ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a press release about the map said. Bedmap3 is the newest map showing what ...

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...