What lies beneath Antarctica's ice? Lakes, life and the grandest of canyons

• Main Authors: Dow, C, Graham, F, Cook, SJ
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Conversation Media Group 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Ice Lakes; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://theconversation.com/what-lies-beneath-antarcticas-ice-lakes-life-and-the-grandest-of-canyons-61748; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/110387

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terraincognita is the land beneath Antarcticas ice sheets. Buried under kilometres of ice is afascinating realm of canyons, waterways and lakes, which is only now being mapped indetail.