If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released an interactive map of Antarctica. It combines information on coastlines and contours and is available to everyone from tourists to researchers to the ...

A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica's massive glaciers are ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...

Maps of Antarctica used to be notoriously low resolution. But that’s changed with a new map that researchers say is not only the most detailed survey of the South Pole in history, but also the best ...

Today we're having a peek at the newly revealed and newly-public "most accurate" high resolution terrain map of Antarctica. This is REMA, or the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Straight from ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has compiled a detailed topographical map using a wide range of datasets to reveal what lies beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. Bedmap2 builds on a previous iteration ...

Beneath kilometers of ice in East Antarctica, a team of geoscientists led by geophysicist Stewart Jamieson of Durham ...

Antarctic hotspots From bacteria living inside rocks to lush green moss beds, Antarctica is home to an abundance of biodiversity that needs protecting, say Australian researchers. Approximately 46,000 ...

Planning a trip to Antarctica? Now there's a new map to guide your way. Scientists from Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota have created what they say is the best, most complete and ...