West Antarctica

Antartica has hidden mountain ranges and sub-glacial valleys which have been discovered by researchers

The PolarGAP project was designed to fill in the gap in the satellite data coverage of the South Pole and in particular acquire the missing gravity data.

Earth's largest volcanic region discovered buried beneath west Antarctica's ice

The largest volcanic region on Earth — with nearly 100 volcanoes — has been discovered two km below the surface of the vast ice sheet in west Antarctica.

Antarctica's ice sheets are melting twice as faster, with over 92 billion tonnes per year

Using gravitational satellite data, researchers have found that during the past decade, Antarctica's massive ice sheet lost twice its mass in its western portion compared to what it accumulated in the east.