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 ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain range no one on Earth has ever seen. Even though a few of its tallest points peek through in some places, relatively few ...

Despite being overlooked down at the South Pole, Antarctica actually plays a large role in our world and you would notice if it was gone.

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

where liquid water covered by ice is the norm. There are more than 400 subglacial lakes in Antarctica, and scientists have confirmed the existence of microbial life in some of them. With no access ...