D eep within Antarctica’s Ellsworth Mountains, a pyramid-shaped peak has intrigued scientists and conspiracy theorists alike.

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying planes over the frozen southern continent, using radar, sound waves, and ...

Byron Adams in Antarctica, where he does research and ... Twice, while doing field work on icy mountains, Byron Adams has fallen into crevasses and saw “nothing but blue ice.” ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

The new map is color coded to show the height of Antarctica's bedrock above sea level, highlighting the continent's tallest mountains and deepest valleys. The topography is revealed in the finest ...

West Antarctic coastlines and the Transantarctic Mountains. Dr Hamish Pritchard, a glaciologist at BAS and lead author on the study detailing the new map, added: “This is the fundamental ...

revealing the hidden locations of the tallest mountains and the deepest canyons," the press release said. Antarctica is covered with ice that is miles thick, and scientists have been studying what ...

The polar and mountain regions comprise the Arctic, Antarctica, high altitude areas, as well as the global permafrost regions. Even though they are only sparsely populated, the polar and cold regions ...