A new generation of ice-penetrating maps has turned the blank white of Antarctica into a richly contoured world of mountains, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up ...

Strip away Antarctica’s ice and the familiar white disc at the bottom of the map dissolves into something far stranger: a ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed, revealing ...

Image: Dots represent the locations where scientists have identified 124 active lakes below the ice sheet in Antarctica. Warmer colors (orange and red) depict lakes with larger water volumes while ...