It splits the old, stable East Antarctic craton from the more active West Antarctic Rift System. Recent research indicates that the Transantarctic Mountains bedrock has had a much more active past ...

Learn more about the rock library that holds ancient rocks and clues from the Transantarctic Mountains.

Would you travel four days to go to Antarctica? No? I did. Two days to get there and two to get back, but in between were ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about what lies under the Antarctic ice sheet. Covered in ice for around 34 ...

Scientists solve mystery of Antarctic mountain range hidden for 500 million years. The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice ...

What's Hiding in Antarctic Ice? Giant Lakes, Ancient Mountains, Prehistoric Creatures & More! Cassidy Ward. Tue, May 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM UTC. 5 min read.

Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...

The researchers' findings, based on an analysis of an exceptionally large data set from igneous rocks recovered from the Transantarctic Mountains, may signify a much more dynamic Antarctic ...

The Gamburtsev Mountains are buried beneath the highest point of the East Antarctica ice sheet. They were first discovered by a Soviet expedition using seismic techniques in 1958.

Gondwanan continental collision drives gravitational spreading and collapse of the ancestral East Antarctic mountains Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science ...

Probably the most famed American name associated with Antarctic discovery, U.S. Navy Adm. Richard E. Byrd, the first person to fly to the geographic South Pole in 1929, though his plane didn't ...