Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

This hidden topography is a dramatic secret that hints at the continent’s dynamic past. The Transantarctic Mountains, which ...

There's an entire mountain range as big as the European Alps completely hidden under Antarctica's ice that no one has ever ...

Scientific Data (2025). Creative Commons. Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map yet of the landscape hidden beneath Antarctica's ice. The high-resolution map reveals what the frozen ...

A chemical analysis of rocks from an ancient lost world hidden beneath the ice sheets of Antarctica has yielded several new ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice ... if its massive sheet of ice has been removed, revealing the hidden locations of its tallest mountains and the deepest ...

In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) ...

The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Antarctica’s driest soils reveal thriving microbial life, ancient DNA, and complex ecosystems—reshaping what we know about ...