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.

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

The findings may signify a much more dynamic Antarctic landscape history than previously recognized, including added support for a glacial period around 300 million years ago.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

No Antarctic gonate squid had ever been seen alive before, as far as the team was aware. They followed it for a couple of minutes and made sure to record it on video, capturing the creature’s ...