Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

Antarctica's nearest neighbour is the tip of South America, although this is still around 1,000km away. It would take over two days to reach it by boat. The Geographic South Pole is the most ...

But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very detailed map ... the South Pole. One notable discovery is that ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals what lays ... have been “filled in” on the South Pole, along the Antarctic Peninsula ...