The Antarctic ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent, averages around 1.2 miles in thickness, with its thickest point reaching nearly 3 miles, the Australian Antarctic Program reports.

Beneath Antarctica’s colossal ice sheets, there’s a world that few people have ever seen until now. Well, technically ...

Newsweek reached out to British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the group that published the map, by email for comment.. Why It Matters. Antarctica sea ice has been disappearing over the last several ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed. What's under all that ice in Antarctica? New map has answers.

As the name Bedmap3 implies, this is the third map of Antarctica produced by a group led by the British Antarctica Survey (BAS); the first was done in the early 2000s. Bedmap3 reveals new insights ...

Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

A New Antarctica Map Reveals What May Actually Be Under The Ice - Here's The Unexpected Tech Behind It By Daniel Trock March 27, 2025 1:15 pm EST Nigel Killeen/Getty Images ...

Earlier maps placed the thickest ice in the Astrolabe Basin In Adelie Land. Here’s why this new map is critical: It will help researchers figure out how Antarctica might respond to warming ...

Bedmap3 is the newest map showing what Antarctica will look like without ice. British Antarctic Survey. Scientists used data from planes, satellites, ships, and dog sleds to create the map and ...