Look closely it shows at least 20 more continents beyond antarctica. A team of spanish scientists exploring the antarctic seabed has detected “massive emissions” of methane, a gas with a capacity to warm the planet around 30 times greater than. And not until the 19th century was antarctica’s.
Satellite data from nasa and independent companies shows the land mass as an island with a definitive end. These are not islands, they are huge landmasses some of them bigger than africa or north america. Below the antarctic ice lies an unmodified landscape that has been preserved despite millions of years of ice cover,.
Scientists have produced the most accurate portrait yet of what lies beneath antarctica's ice sheet. [1] the treaty was signed by twelve countries, including the soviet union, the united. Known for its extreme cold, vast ice sheets, and mysterious untouched landscapes, antarctica is still one of the least explored regions on earth. Mapmakers in the following centuries drew this hypothetical land extending from the south pole all the way to the equator.
There are many theories about what could be beyond or beneath antarctica’s ice:. Climate change may reveal it over time. Millions of years ago, antarctica looked very different. Antarctica is defined as all land and ice shelves south of 60° s for the purposes of the treaty system.
But what if there is. The poles are considered to be off limits due to scientific research, and flights over these areas are strictly prohibited. In summary, while there are historical maps that hint at lands beyond what we now recognize as antarctica, these depictions often reflect a mix of conjecture, myth, and the limitations of the. Though discoveries of land far be.
🔹 the flat earth “ice wall” theory:. The map shows that east antarctica is made up of multiple cratons, which are the cores of continents that came before, according to study leader jörg ebbing, a geoscientist at.