Breakthrough after mysterious mountain range found buried beneath Antarctica’s ice

Other mountains peek through land ice as seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft - (Getty Images)

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains.

Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains, rise above the ice. But others, like the mysterious and ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica, are completely buried.