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A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice removed.
What does it look like under the ice? Under the direction of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), scientists have created the most accurate map of Antarctica to date. Among other things ...
The most detailed map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Known as Bedmap3 ...
Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the waves — ...
As the name of the map implies, this is the third effort to illustrate Antarctica’s rock bed. The project began in 2001, but the researchers involved say the new map represents a dramatic ...