Described as being the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, it’s no wonder why there are so many unknown mysteries of Antarctica. But now, for the first time scientists have begun mapping one of the “last frontiers” of the continent. The area, called the Recovery Catchment, sits around 400 km inland from the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI Research Station in northeast Antarctica. It is important because it the vast area contains enough ice to raise sea-levels by up to 3 meters and the bedrock on which it sits is poorly understood. Another important aspect is that the rock hidden by the ice could hold the key to understanding how Antarctica was formed from the break-up of the supercontinents hundreds of millions of years ago.