The group of international researchers, led by his Antarctic Service (BAS), presented the most detailed landscape map in Antarctica for today. The Bedmap3 project has merged for more than six decades of data collected by using satellites, aircraft, ships and even inks. The research was published in the Journal of Science Science (SCIData).
Bedmap3 allows you to “see” the Antarctica without ice cover, the weight is 27 million km. The mountains, canyons and other relief features hidden under the ice are marked on the map.
It was previously believed that the thickest ice layer was in the Astrolabia basin on Adeli's ground. However, the new data shows an unnamed canyon on the ground of Wilks, where the thickness of the ice reaches 4757 meters.
This figure is 5.74 times higher than the height (828) of the Burj-Khalifa Tower in Dubai-the tallest house on Earth. Bedmap3 cards will become an important tool to study the way the Antarctica reacts with climate change. The new data shows that most tapes are on the basis of rocks under the sea level, making it more susceptible to melting due to warm sea water. This is the basic information as a basis for computer models used to predict ice movement when the temperature rises, Dr. Hamish Protchard, the leading author of the study explained.