As the name Bedmap3 implies, this is the third map of Antarctica produced by a group ... noting that the under-ice Lake Vostok – first suggested by Soviet sounding studies in the 1950s and ...

They want to pop the hood and try to figure out how it ticks. On one side, inland, is the gargantuan East Antarctic ice sheet, where snowfall welded over aeons is piled 4 kilometres deep on bedrock.

Russia's Vostok Base in Antarctica has opened a new winter complex, the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI) said in a statement: ”A new winter complex has been put into operation at ...

Current local time in Vostok (Antarctica/Vostok timezone). Get information about the Antarctica/Vostok time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable) ...

Mass changes across the Antarctic ice sheet have been detected using satellite gravimetry, revealing significant ...

Russia’s government station, Vostok 2.0, was part-funded by the Russian billionaire and natural gas magnate Leonid Mikhelson. The day after Trump issued his Antarctic cuts, Russia’s polar ...

Construction is scheduled to be completed in December 2028, and the ship will sail to Antarctica in early 2029. In addition, research into the Arctic's natural environment is continuing, and the ...

In early January, the start of summer in Antarctica, a dozen tractors towing ... And a Russian project aimed at Lake Vostok retrieved samples bathed in kerosene from the drilling process ...

Why it's incredible: The whirlpool is one of the largest in the world and nearly drowned author George Orwell. The Corryvreckan whirlpool is a fierce, circular current between the Scottish isles ...