Antarctica is often seen as frozen, silent, and unchanging, with sharp winds, cold waters, and endless ice. But even this ...

If you were to wander along the parts of Antarctica that are ice-free, you might be surprised to see something soft and ...

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

Melting Antarctic ice reveals rocky peaks that release iron, which drifts into the ocean and helps tiny plants absorb carbon ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Mountain ranges and valleys hundreds of miles long have been sitting deep beneath Western Antarctica’s vast ice region, a discovery that scientists say could contribute to rising global sea levels. A ...

In the desolation of East Antarctica lies a mountain range like no other: phantom peaks buried from view beneath thousands of meters of ice. H.P. Lovecraft, the fantasy and horror writer, might well ...

The topography of the Gamburtsev Mountains beneath the Antarctic ice. Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation, Gamburtsev topography by Abdulhakim Abdi, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of ...

Staring down a 3,000-foot nearly vertical headwall of cascading ice doesn't faze Liesl Clark. After all, scaling mountains isn't just something she does as a filmmaker; it's an adventure she happens ...

As mountains go, Antarctica’s Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height. A humpbacked hunk of granite that rises to 16,860 ft., Vinson is the highest known peak on the continent, ...

The origins of a mysterious range of Antarctic mountains completely hidden under the continent's massive ice sheet might now be coming to light, researchers now reveal. The Gamburtsev Subglacial ...