New Map Reveals a Hidden Landscape Beneath Antarctica's Ice

New map shows Antarctica without its ice
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away its ubiquitous cover of ice and snow. Derived from 60 years of data, it will help scientists understand ice flows better.
What's under all that ice in Antarctica? New map has answers.
A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.
New map of landscape beneath Antarctica unveiled
The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Antarctica breakthrough as map shows huge undiscovered mountains under ice
The British Antarctic Survey have released the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet
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