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![A group of penguins huddles in an icy landscape](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nYF5CXjh698iKBekdZqyGY-320-80.jpg)
When was the last time Antarctica was ice-free?
By Victoria Atkinson published
Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?
![A view from above of a large glacier in the ocean](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cxCZvnRZBsN9D29LvkTPNR-320-80.jpg)
'Doomsday glacier' won't collapse the way we thought, new study suggests
By Mathieu Morlighem published
![Wispy ice streaks stretching across the sea between two ice masses](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jKZ64B86nPrwiynCrcndej-320-80.jpg)
High winds paint puzzling ice streaks across the sea in Antarctica
By Harry Baker published
Earth from space A 2021 satellite photo captured rare, wispy streaks of ice stretching across an ocean channel separating the Ronne Ice Shelf and a patch of multi-year sea ice in Antarctica.
![A photo of an Antarctic lake, with some mossy vegetation on the ground and snowy mountains in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BhZWZKYpFNpYFoGYsoHL3P-320-80.jpg)
1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled. Here's what it shows.
By Claudia Colesie published
![Visualization of the sand dune shaped ice structures, with three large and three small curves of dark under the ice](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z6TQwk2pZfY9mDndhjsxrK-320-80.png)
Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered beneath Antarctic ice
By Ben Turner published
The unusual patterns, found beneath West Antarctica's Doston Ice Shelf, could help scientists to better understand how glaciers erode.
![A research vessel in front of a massive iceberg](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4hiz2MPrtVPJpqh8YuttG-320-80.jpg)
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
By Kristel Tjandra published
"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.
![Iron rich water falls into the ocean from the glacier](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h9iSdxxfgtK8VvfpaMB7GR-320-80.jpg)
Blood Falls: Antarctica's crimson waterfall forged from an ancient hidden heart
By Sascha Pare published
Iron-rich waters buried beneath Taylor Glacier in East Antarctica are sporadically released in what looks like a bloody mess — but the so-called Blood Falls aren't as gruesome as they first appear and sound.
![An aerial view of the Maud Rise polynya](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RscmMPQDgmwsRxW9MmrYh5-320-80.jpg)
Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.
By Ben Turner published
The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.
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