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

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

As the name suggests, it's the third incarnation of attempts to map Antarctica’s rock bed, featuring more than double the number of previous data points than the previous effort, Bedmap2. Bedmap3 ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a press release about the map said. Scientists used data from planes, satellites, ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice removed.

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away its ubiquitous cover of ice and snow. Derived from 60 years of data ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled ... a mapping specialist and geographic information officer at the BAS, said in the statement. Although thickness in itself is not a problem, the ...