For most of us, Antarctica is a frozen white desert that is mysterious, remote and almost unfathomably cold. However, a groundbreaking new scientific map, published in Science in January 2026, is now ...

Antarctica’s biggest secrets are not alien bases or hidden bunkers, but a buried world scientists are only beginning to map.

Nearly 90 percent of Antarctica is buried under ice that averages about 1.3 miles or 2.2 kilometers thick. In some areas, the ice stacks up to nearly 3 miles or 4.8 kilometers deep. For years, ...