"The map gives us a clear view of the white continent as if its 27 million cubic km of ice have been removed, revealing the hidden locations of the tallest mountains and the deepe

The British Antarctic Survey has revealed a new map showing what Antarctica looks like under the several thousands of meters of ice laying underneath, and its potential fragility

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.