What lies beneath Antarctica's ice? Lakes, life and the grandest of canyons
- Written by Christine Dow, Assistant Professor of Glaciology, University of Waterloo
There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheets. Buried under kilometres of ice is a fascinating realm of canyons, waterways and lakes, which is only now being mapped in detail.
There are more than 400 known lakes in this harsh environment,...