A groundbreaking new map offers an unprecedented glimpse beneath the vast ice sheets of Antarctica, revealing a landscape ...

The icy landscapes of Antarctica may seem barren and unchanging at first glance, but beneath its frosty surface, the ...

Scientists have completed the most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. This is the third version of this map, and is known as Bedmap3. It has incorporated data from ...

A new map I'm part of a group of scientists who have just combined satellite data with field measurements to produce the first map of green vegetation across the whole Antarctic continent.

Scientists have confirmed that East Antarctica's interior is warming faster than its coastal areas and identified the cause.

Discover essential Antarctica facts on geography, climate, wildlife, and science, with trusted BBC and NSF links.

Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: A science team planning to hunker down in Bull Pass in Antarctica’s central McMurdo Dry Valleys would today receive a fairly simplistic map that outlines ...

There are only two ice sheets worldwide today, the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. They contain more than 99% of the land ice on Earth.

Antarctic maps and surveys 1900-1964 / American Geographical Society, United States Geological Survey, George D. Whitmore -- Folio 4. The Antarctic atmosphere: climatology of the troposphere and lower ...

In 1972, the first satellite images of the Antarctic became available with the launch of NASA’s Earth Resources Technology Satellite (later renamed Landsat).

Traditionally, only four oceans were recognized: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic—each defined by the continents ...