Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found ...

Antarctica was once a lush and thriving land, teeming with prehistoric life. It's hard to believe now, but tucked away, hidden underneath a layer of ice kilometers thick, that ancient landscape still ...

sound waves, and gravity measurements. This leap forward is thanks to recent surveys in under-explored regions of East Antarctica, including the South Polar area. The map shows the location and ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals what lays under the ice. The estimates, created by Bedmap3, have also re-evaluated the ...

For years, the BAS has been studying the bedrock beneath Antarctica's thick ice using advanced radar, sound waves, and gravity mapping techniques.

Guests were crossing the Drake Passage at the time, a notoriously treacherous waterway between Antarctica and South America.

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been ... seismic reflection (sound waves) and gravity measurements. Subtracting this topography from the shape and ...

The place thought to have had the thickest overlying ice was Astrolabe Basin, in Adélie Land, but a reinterpretation of data ...

The British Antarctic Survey have released the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet ...

Researchers have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica's bedrock yet. | Credit: Pritchard et al., Scientific Data (2025). Creative Commons. Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map ...

There's conclusive evidence that the temperature in Antarctica is rising, according to the study. The most extreme heat wave ever seen globally, the study stated, "occurred over East Antarctica in ...