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The article focuses on scientific exploration of Antarctica and what lies underneath the polar ice cap. It comments on the discovery of the Gamburtsev mountain range by the third Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1957 and the discovery of Lake Vostok under 3.7 kilometers of ice near the Soviet Vostok research station. It mentions the discovery of the volcano Mount Casertz in 2004-2005 and efforts to drill into Lake Vostok in February 2012. It reports on the discovery of life under Antarctica's ice.

The article discusses a research focused on the cold temperature at Antarctica. It references a study by John Turner of the British Antarctic Survey and colleagues published in an issue of "Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres." Based on their observations, the team stated that the Vostok station prevented the waves of warm air that normally come up from the ocean and could drop by a further 6 degree Celsius. However, they claimed that the coldest place of all might be nearby Dome Argus, where temperatures can fall beyond -100 degree Celsius.