A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

During an ice age, the polar regions are cold, there are large differences in temperature from the equator to the pole, and large, continental-size glaciers can cover enormous regions of the earth.

Around 10,000 years ago as the ice age advance began to melt, glacial deposits or drift were left behind. These glacial deposits were of two kinds: Till - mixed or unstratified materials directly ...

has discovered remarkably well-preserved glacial landforms buried almost 1 km beneath the North Sea. The team used sound wave, known as seismic, data to reveal Ice Age landforms buried beneath ...