The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles or parallels of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is at latitude 66 degrees 33′ 39″ south of the equator (in 2000; like its ...

Bedmap3 is the newest map showing what Antarctica will look like without ice. British Antarctic Survey. Scientists used data from planes, satellites, ships, and dog sleds to create the map and ...

1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled. Here's what it shows. Story by Claudia Colesie • 9mo. A tiny seed is stuck ...

An icy new map of Antarctica could help direct the search for alien life The Bedmap3 survey is bringing the polar continent into focus, which could help detect life on icy moons ...

The Antarctic ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent, averages around 1.2 miles in thickness, with its thickest point reaching nearly 3 miles, the Australian Antarctic Program reports.

Bedmap3 is, as the name suggests, the third version of the map, which shows what Antarctica looks like under the ice sheet. On average, it is 2,148 meters thick (excluding the ice shelf, which is ...

As the name of the map implies, this is the third effort to illustrate Antarctica’s rock bed. The project began in 2001, but the researchers involved say the new map represents a dramatic ...

The Australian Antarctic Territory embraces about one quarter of the Antarctic regions. The Commonwealth Government has now published a two-sheet map of Antarctica by Mr. E. P. Bayliss (Department ...

This vegetation area makes up just 0.12% of Antarctica's total ice-free area, highlighting that Antarctica remains the frozen continent dominated by snow and ice. For now. RELATED STORIES ...