The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) holds the record for being the driest, windiest and coldest place on Earth. It is also home to the thickest deposits of ice, measuring 4,800m (15,700ft) deep in places. Experts calculate that if the total volume of ice bound up in the Antarctic melted, this would release enough water to raise sea levels globally by around 50m. And that is without the contributions of the ice sheets covering Greenland and West Antarctica. Climate has been warming noticeably over the past several...