Just when scientists thought they'd mapped out some of the lowest, deepest land found on Earth, a brand new map has changed everything. A new NASA creation, the BedMachine Antarctica map, has ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may ...

More information: Anikó B. Tóth et al, A dataset of Antarctic ecosystems in ice-free lands: classification, descriptions, and maps, Scientific Data (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04424-y ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Scientists have successfully mapped the topography of the land beneath Antarctica's ice sheet at high resolution by combining radar observations with ice volume and flow velocity data.

Chances are you make it through most days without sparing a thought for Antarctica. At just over 5.4 million square miles, it’s a massive chunk of land that is nearly twice the size of Australia ...

Antarctica’s ice sheet is the largest mass of ice on Earth, and about half the ice sheet is more than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from any bed topography measurement.

One notable discovery is that Antarctica’s thickest ice was found in an unnamed canyon in Wilkes Land. The ice there is more than 15,000 feet thick. Earlier maps placed the thickest ice in the ...

A new geological map of southern Victoria Land in Antarctica shows the area in more detail than ever before. Covering 84,600sq km, including the largest ice-free area of Antarctica, it replaces a ...

Antarctica breakthrough as map shows huge undiscovered mountains under ice ... 118.378°E in Wilkes Land. The ice here is 4,757 m thick, or more than 15 times the height of the Shard, ...

Significantly, the map revealed icy ridges that help to naturally stabilize ice flow across and around the Transantarctic Mountains, some of the oldest and most expansive mountains in Antarctica.

Antarctic Map Shackleton's Intended Route Shackleton planned to be the first person to cross Antarctica. He was headed for the area of Coats Land (in the Weddell Sea) when his ship got stuck in ...

Antarctica’s peculiar green snow is spreading, according to researchers who have created the first large-scale map of microscopic algae growing on the chilly, southernmost continent.