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News Release 09-029
U.S.-led, International Research Team Confirms Alps-like Mountain Range Exists under East Antarctic Ice Sheet
A capstone of NSF-supported International Polar Year deployments, project may help determine what caused ice sheet to form
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An artist's rendering of the Antarctica Gamburstev Province (AGAP) project.
Credit: Zina Deretsky / NSF
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An animation showing how the Gamburtsevs may have caused the ice sheet to grow.
Credit: Penn State University/University of Kansas/Australian Antarctic Division
A Twin Otter aircraft silhouetted by the sun.
Credit: Robin Bell / Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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