Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
6 days ago · Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. It is divided into East Antarctica …
Antarctica - Wikipedia
Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest …
Video: What It Takes to Drill Into an Antarctic Glacier
22 hours ago · What It Takes to Drill Into an Antarctic Glacier Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong meets with Paul Anker, a drilling engineer aboard the icebreaker Araon, to discuss the stakes, …
Scientists hit bedrock in Antarctica and uncover 1.2 million ...
2 days ago · After four years of relentless effort in the coldest place on Earth, scientists have drilled all the way down to the bedrock beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet. On January 9, the international ...
Antarctic geography - Australian Antarctic Program
Antarctica is almost completely covered by an ice sheet. At its thickest, the ice is over 4 km deep. Beneath the ice sheet is a hidden landscape of mountains, valleys and plains. The Prince Charles …
Antarctica - National Geographic Society
There are no countries in Antarctica. Seven countries made defined claims to Antarctic territory prior to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The treaty does not legally recognize any claims. The Antarctic also …
Melting of West Antarctic ice sheet could trigger ...
Dec 31, 2025 · A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.