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 ...

Beneath Antarctica’s thick ice lies a secret landscape shaped by ancient forces. New research is helping uncover what’s been ...

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

This was no ordinary expedition. It marked the first in-depth study of the geology, ocean conditions, and marine life beneath ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and ...

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

Antarctica hides a world that’s both fascinating and a little eerie: entire ecosystems untouched by humans and rivers that ...

Researchers witness gigantic iceberg A-84 breaking away from George VI, revealing an unknown ecosystem and giant phantom ...

The study by the international team of researchers is a stepping stone towards better understanding the watercourses beneath ...

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 ...