What's Hidden Under the Ice of Antarctica?

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Special thanks to MapTiler, OpenStreetMap Contributors, and GEOlayers

[buttaman]

The fact that Antarctica was part of Australia means i dont want to discover whatever is living down there

[scorpx]

Remember captains, when crossing the Drake passage, keep your families away

[focalized]

Under the ice are millions of single socks, car keys and guitar picks.

[sleepymanager]

This channel has single handedly made me 10x more interesting in conversations.

[calliesummers]

So nice to get a RLL video that's not 99% scary/sad/frustrating lol. I hugely appreciate the modern conflicts videos, and they're a solid part of why I'm generally able to feel informed about what's driving world affairs. But I do also miss the days of the videos about quirky geography trivia.

[Locutus]

Dear RealLifeLore, you forgot about one of the most important factor called 'isostatic rebounding'. After the ice melts, the continent will rise around a few hundred meter, so it will be a continent again, not a bunch of islands. Rebounting also affect nearby continental crust, so australian and south american crust will shrink aswell. I would 100% add it to a video about antarctica. All the best from Hungary, great video nonetheless.

[JoeBlowUK]

I'd like to live in Antarctica. The fact that it would be extremely difficult for people to get to visit me sounds like the perfect place for me to be.

[hubinski]

My grandfather was there in 1946-47 as a part of Operation Highjump. He was a pilot stationed on the USS Philippine Sea. I never knew until after he passed away and came into possession of his old photos and documents. Rest in peace, LCDR Huber 🫡

[FNLNFNLN]

Oil? Sounds like Antarctica needs some freedom.

[PettitFrontiers]

Antarctica is no joke. My father has been to Antarctica twice for meteorite-hunting expeditions, and he had to perform emergency snowmobile repairs, and emergency dental surgery on a colleague by punching out a tooth with an iceblade. Hardcore place.

[thrswords]

As the club captain of the local aero club, I am responsible for planning and running events. A popular event is one we call “pilot nights” where we invite someone to do a talk to club members.

This week we had a member of our club talk about how they did radar glaciology in Antarctica and Greenland. They fitted US C-130 aircraft with various radar equipment to scan beneath the ice to determine what was underneath.

And now I’m watching this video, fantastic!

[ghstletter]

Imagine there's some hella evil shit that was there and some aliens freezed tf outta it to keep it at bay & we're over here trying to explore it lol

[caitymarie-os]

Colby Gura is my husband and he worked incredibly hard on this research. Makes me very happy to see his research shared❤️

[Jermaine]

Nobody:

RealLifeLore:
*V A S T*
*M A S S I V E*

[captainsensiblejr.]

Living in New Zealand means that we are very conscious of of Antarctica as it generates icy Polar blasts in our winter months.
We are also part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, with several active volcanoes in our North Island

[Lovely_Spirit]

Go below the ice in Antarctica where there is a hole in the ice that melts and freezes again. Drill through the ice go through the water and then there should be a break through another ice sheet or it will just break through the water and into a misty atmosphere then it should clear up and you'll see land. This entrance is in a location under the ice that is bigger than a continent

[DidymusX]

1. A ruined city full of Shoggoths.
2. A flying saucer with a shape-shifting alien.
3. A land of full of living dinosaurs and cavemen.

[bungalo]

8:30 You probably meant Arthropods instead. Anthropod has *disturbing* implications

[CheeseNacho_]

it bothers me a little that you didn't talk about the potential contamination that extracting that oil could do to the BIGGEST RESERVE OF FRESH WATER IN THE WORLD, it really gets me worried that by 2048 a lot of countries could be willing to sacrifice anything for the money that those oil deposits could give, and worsen even more the climactic crisis that are already in

[prashr]

Nobody :

RLL: Massive oil

Usa: those Penguins are oppressed by Ice. They need FREEDOM