What's Under Antarctica's Ice Sheets?

Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a landmass that was last exposed 40 million years ago.
What does this land look like, and what could we expect to find if we are still around to see what's under Antarctica's ice sheets.
I forgot to mention that under the Antarctic treaty, mining is TECHNICALLY prohibited on Antarctic, but that expires in around 30 years, and it's uncertain whether or not it will be renewed. Plus this is all theoretical anyway and would take place over many hundreds of years, if not thousands.
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[@choibeomgyu9618]

Imagine all the undiscovered fossils..

[@jethro502]

Antarctica: i have oil

[@spookaj6261]

"Antarctica not even being included on the map"

[@shanedaniel8954]

I’d love to see what earths history lies beneath the ice in Antarctica

[@cellgrrl]

I have traveled to Antarctica. I found it to be the most enthralling place I have ever been and I have traveled a lot. There are no words for the beauty and power of this place. By far the most inspiring place I have seen.

[@katzlang]

"Very unique cuisine"

[@johnladuke6475]

Living in Canada, I was encouraged by how many times he said "similar to Canada" until it was pointed out that it was basically going to be post-glacial bedrock dotted with lakes. So all the blackflies and barren rock of Canadian Shield areas, without the charming boreal forest. The only hope left in that pitch is that penguins are delicious and fun to either hunt or farm.

[@LuciferMornStar]

Finally!! A good topic, superbly told!

[@detrolfire]

"And a very unique cuisine"

[@ScipioXII]

“Huge reserves of oil are predicted to lay beneath Antarctica”

[@mst4309]

Watching this instead of revising one day before my geography exam actually turned out to be very useful revision

[@lordushnub]

I feel like Antarctica would have to be a completely neutral body in the eyes of the world's governments. But due to human greed I believe it would come down to who has the most money and biggest guns.

[@junommdnic2005]

"And maybe with a unique cuisine"

[@jdsimz8147]

I always wondered what kind of fossils would be on Antarctica since it was by itself for hundreds of millions of years. They're probably things that live there that we have no idea about.

[@roydoncrerar2852]

A facinating journey into the unknown. I've often fantasised about visiting Antarctica. I live in South Africa and the continent makes itself known to us through icy weather fronts during our winters. Brrr❄

[@TheOneLifeRider]

Amazing choice of music for such an apocalyptic prediction

[@DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth]

untapped oil reserves in Antarctica?

[@mowglidubois772]

scientist: there is a lot of oil under antartica

[@1UpsForLife]

i was watching a hardware unboxed video right before this, and their intro uses the same track of music that you used in this video. it was so surprising

[@matthewdrexler188]

omg i always wondered about this!!!