East Antarctica is separated from West Antarctica ... check out Expedition Maps Now provide each group with a copy of the Antarctic Map activity sheet. Have students plot the coordinates given ...

Hotspots are located under West Antarctica; in contrast, the East is broadly relatively cold This is the best map yet produced of the warmth coming up from the rocks underneath the Antarctic ice ...

The new satellite elevation and velocity maps change this view ... has long been recognised as the fastest moving glacier in East Antarctica Once again the melting culprit is likely to be warm ...