Scientists discover a vast structure hiding beneath Antarctica’s ice

At the world’s southernmost reaches, the land is buried under a layer of ice that can reach thousands of meters thick.Whatever lies underneath has lain concealed for millions of years – an ancient landscape of towering mountains and plunging chasms, lost below a frozen sea of white.Decades of radar surveys and other geophysical observations have At the world’s southernmost reaches, the land is buried under a layer of ice that can reach thousands of meters thick. Whatever lies underneath has lain concealed for millions of years – an ancient landscape of towering mountains and plunging chasms,... [2545 chars]