A groundbreaking new map,Bedmap3, has provided the most detailed view yet of the hidden landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet, revealing towering mountains, deep valleys, and critical grounding ...

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

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying ...

The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and ...

and even researchers crossing the ice sheet on dog sleds. The map gives us a remarkably clear view of the bed, including frozen mountains and canyons. Besides generally interesting in its own ...

Bedmap3 shows many geographical features in significantly sharper detail, including Antarctica's deep valleys, rocky mountains, and regions where the floating ice shelves push out over the ocean at ...