According to NASA, the Erebus Glacier Tongue emanates from Mount Erebus, one of the most aggressive volcanoes of Antarctica. From this volcano, the glacier flows downhill, becoming a protrusion off ...

A Volcano Unlike Any Other Rising 12,448 feet (3,794 meters) above Ross Island, Mount Erebus is an anomaly in Antarctica’s frozen desert. Unlike other volcanoes, Erebus contains a permanent lava lake ...

A continent of fire beneath the ice Antarctica is home to more than 100 volcanoes, some of which are active, such as Mount Erebus. Most, however, are hidden beneath miles of ice, their activity ...

A slow climate feedback loop may be bubbling beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet. The continent, divided east to west by the Transantarctic Mountains, includes volcanic giants such as Mount Erebus and ...

While some of these volcanoes, such as Mount Erebus, are stunningly visible, many more are hidden away beneath a deep sheet of ice—a sheet that is slowly thinning and retreating.

Did you know Antarctica hides over 100 volcanoes beneath its icy surface? Mount Erebus is just the beginning—many of these hidden giants could be waking up, and climate change is playing a key role.

Antarctica's hidden wonders include warm caves beneath Mount Erebus, the world's largest fish nursery in the Weddell Sea, and a prehistoric subglacial lake. A deep ocean trench, ice-dwelling ...

The Erebus Glacier is an ice tongue that's around 11 to 12 kilometers (around 36,000 to 39,000 feet) long and flows down from Mount Erebus, Antarctica's second-highest volcano.

Mount Erebus in Antarctica, the southernmost active volcano, stands out by not only being active in the extreme cold but also emitting micro-crystals of gold. Known for the tragic 1979 Air New ...

The volcano contains one of only five long-lasting lava lakes on Earth, with plumes of gas and steam rising from its depths. Mount Erebus is also spewing out gold dust, scientists discovered in ...