Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice ...

In addition to low-lying valleys, covered lakes, and bizarre sub-glacial rivers, the Antarctic ice is also hiding massive ...

Some think the lake may hold micro-organisms in the sediment or bedrock, a discovery that would boost hopes that a similar find could be made on Europa. Categories: Health & Science , Antarctica .

Scientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, ...

Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake Ontario. But unlike Lake Ontario, Lake Vostok sits beneath more than 2 miles (3 kilometers) of wind-blown ...

Around 90 per cent of Antarctica is buried under thick ice. The average depth of this layer is nearly 2.2 kilometres.

I n the heart of Antarctica’s Victoria Land, hidden under 14 meters of thick ice, lies Lake Enigma, a body of water long believed to be entirely frozen.Now, scientists have discovered that this ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

Other scientists had tried to delve into Antarctica’s hidden realm. In December, a British team called off an effort to reach Lake Ellsworth because of technical difficulties. And a Russian ...

Scientists in Australia and the United States are reporting the sudden loss of a large ice-covered Antarctic lake covering an area of eleven square kilometres. The rare event occurred during the ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 59, No. 3 (2014), pp. 811-826 (16 pages) The water of the ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys is derived primarily from glacial melt streams and to a lesser ...