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The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) are a massive mountain belt that spans Antarctica, separating the eastern part of the ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Somewhere between Google Earth glitches and ancient prophecy, a new kind of internet mystery has taken hold. It doesn’t come ...

Climbing the highest peak on each continent is one of the most iconic challenges in the world of mountaineering. Popularly ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Mystery Behind Antarctica Mountain Range Hidden For 500 Million Years Solved The Gamburtsev Mountains are preserved by a deep layer of ice, making it one of the best-preserved mountain belts on Earth.

Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveal its birth over 500 million years ago ...

New research recovers evidence for lost mountains from Antarctica’s past Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Wisconsin Oshkosh image: The ice blanketed bedrock of the Transantarctic Mountains.

Because the mountain range is completely covered in ice, it’s one of the least understood tectonic features on Earth. For scientists, it’s deeply puzzling.

But others, like the mysterious and ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica, are completely buried. The Gamburtsev Mountains are similar in scale and shape to the ...

Typically, a mountain range will rise in places where two tectonic plates clash with each other. But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of years.