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 ...

The formation of the Gondwana supercontinent also gave rise to an Antarctic range that has been covered by ice for 500 ...

In addition to low-lying valleys, covered lakes, and bizarre sub-glacial rivers, the Antarctic ice is also hiding massive ...

Scientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, ...

In East Antarctica, a vast mountain range is hidden beneath thousands of meters of ice where it's been trapped for millions ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Around 90 per cent of Antarctica is buried under thick ice. The average depth of this layer is nearly 2.2 kilometres.

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok, lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there? Probably microbes," Klages said.

If all of Antarctica’s ice melted, our coastlines would be drastically altered. Fortunately, that’s not going to happen ...