It is the biggest of Antarctica's more than 400 subglacial ... Researchers mapped the bottom of the lake and found that the deep and shallow areas are separated by a ridge, which they think ...

Another extraordinary element of Deep Lake is the high levels of gene exchange that take place there. But this isn’t the only compelling lake in Antarctica. The continent consists of upwards of ...

Antarctica is our planet's final ... seals that feed on these remarkable fish. Deep beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet lies a city-sized lake that has remained untouched for 34 million years.

Work in Japan and Australia has revealed that a deep-ocean current is carrying frigid water rapidly northward from Antarctica along the edge of a giant underwater plateau. Understanding such ...