Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, a hidden ocean is revealing its secrets

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

New map shows Antarctica’s buried landscape in unprecedented detail

Picture Antarctica not as a smooth, frozen plain, but as a rugged world of mountains, valleys, and deep channels buried beneath kilometers of ice. That unseen landscape is now coming into focus.
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This is Antarctica under all the ice: New map reveals hidden mountains and vast valleys of South Pole

Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago. Beneath this layer of frozen water, there lies a rugged, rocky continent ...