For years, the BAS has been studying the bedrock beneath Antarctica's thick ice using advanced radar, sound waves, and gravity mapping techniques.

A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map ... ancient tree bark. “The analyzed amber fragments allow direct insights into environmental conditions that prevailed in West ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.