Buried under miles of ice, Antarctica's mysterious mountain ranges are coming into sharper focus thanks to a new map. Surface Ice Created by the British Antarctic Survey, Bedmap2 drew upon millions of ...

The topography of the Gamburtsev Mountains beneath the Antarctic ice. Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation, Gamburtsev topography by Abdulhakim Abdi, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of ...

Earth's best-kept secret to looking young is buried under Antarctica's deep, old ice. The planet's fountain of youth is frozen water mantling Antarctica's mighty Gamburtsev Mountains, a new study ...

In 1958, Russian scientists climbed across the coldest place on earth, the immense Antarctic ice sheet, taking measurements of what lay under the surface. To their surprise, what they discovered was a ...

Mountain ranges and valleys hundreds of miles long have been sitting deep beneath Western Antarctica’s vast ice region, a discovery that scientists say could contribute to rising global sea levels. A ...

The South Pole may seem like a flat desert of ice, but a recent international survey has discovered that there's a complex topography under the surface that could have a major effect on the Earth's ...

Novel findings from University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado, Boulder, thermochronologist Jeff Benowitz have shed light on the complex and enigmatic ...

The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet -– a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 -- is finally solved. The ...

A 5-mile-long stretch draped across the South Pole recently caught the attention of scientists. Accommodating nearly 30 million cubic kilometers of ice and almost 60% of Earth’s fresh water, this ...

Buried below more than a mile of ice, Antarctica's Gamburtsev Mountains have baffled scientists since their discovery in 1958. How did the mountains get there, and what role did they play in the ...