For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

It provides a resting place for seals and walruses and acts as an 'engine' for ocean currents. And its vast whiteness also reflects sunlight back to space to help keep our planet cool – a weapon ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...