A groundbreaking new map,Bedmap3, has provided the most detailed view yet of the hidden landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

Its purpose is to peel back the 6.5-million-cubic-mile (27-million-km³) ice cap to reveal the bedrock beneath. The result is a new, far more detailed map of the actual continent than anything ...