Climate Change

What lies beneath Antarctica’s ice? A new map reveals the hidden landscape

The map reveals alpine-style valleys, deeply eroded troughs, flat lowlands and high-relief terrain buried under the ice.

DTE Staff

People on Earth know more about the surface of Mercury than what lies beneath Antarctica’s massive ice sheets. That gap is now narrowing.

Researchers have unveiled a detailed new map of Antarctica’s landscape hidden kilometres below ice. The map reveals alpine-style valleys, deeply eroded troughs, flat lowlands and high-relief terrain buried under the ice.

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