Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying planes over the frozen southern continent, using radar, sound waves, and ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Uncle Bob is on an expedition to the South Pole, and he sent me a photo of his frozen baked beans but I don’t know where to place it on the map. Chrissie: Well, Antarctica is way down in the ...

Scientists have just discovered the remnants of an ancient continent deep beneath the surface of Antarctica ... to use its gravity measurements to map out the Earth’s lithosphere, an outer ...

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Experts have revealed Antarctica ... new map, added: “This is the fundamental information that underpins the computer models we use to investigate how the ice will flow across the continent ...

The new map of Antarctica's topography beneath the ice gives scientists a better look at how the continent might respond to global warming. Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed ...

Bedmap3 uncovers fresh details of Antarctica ... the continent as temperatures rise,” Hamish Pritchard, a glaciologist at BAS and lead author on the study detailing the new map, said in ...