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Mystery Beneath Antarctica’s Glaciers | NOVA | PBS

NOVA PBS Official | July 23, 2026



Beneath Antarctica’s glaciers, a 12-foot-long robot named Icefin explores places neither boats nor divers can reach.

Originally published in 2020 on ‪‪‪‪@pbsterra 🇦🇶

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  1. @timvanarsdel

    July 23, 2026 at 4:59 pm

    Spoiler: it's Atlantis. Atlantis didn't "sink" under the waves, she sank under habitable zones, and now she's sunk under ice. Used to be in a temperate latitude, then the magnetic polar shift sent the motherfucker sailing into the antarctic latitudes. Meanwhile, you got mammoths flash freezing in Siberia. Redistribution of landmass across polar and subpolar zones caused the Ice Age followed by the diluvian periods.

  2. @Scott-kf1tr

    July 23, 2026 at 4:59 pm

    I would wager life will be found under the surface ice of Europa. Jupiter's gravitational influence will deliver. Perhaps lessons learned from Soviet missions to Venus would improve the success rate.

  3. @Erik-rp1hi

    July 23, 2026 at 4:59 pm

    Some studies I've read state we are heading into another Ice Age. So how will Global Warming effect that? Are we just a blip in stopping that Ice Age from happening?

  4. @grahamthom8597

    July 23, 2026 at 4:59 pm

    Hi 👋 There,

    It reminds me of the Rush song, Xanadu. The endless caves of ice. Beautiful, must have been amazing to explore and experience first hand.

    Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦…….

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