We tend to think of snow as white only, but snow of a different color happens fairly often.

Surprising images of Antarctica without snow emerged from Chile as the southern tip of the South American country near Antarctica experiences unusually high temperatures amid concern for … Antarctica has 9 oasis regions and these regions are situated at the periphery of the continent. Research is surfacing that shows Antarctica may have been without ice during the Medieval Warming Period some refer to as the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) which took place between 1000–1200 AD. The map is called BedMachine Antarctica … The Buache Map is an 18th century map commonly claimed to accurately depict the continent of Antarctica before it was buried by ice. Since 2014, Antarctic sea ice extent has plummeted, on average losing an area of ice (280,000 square miles) larger than the size of France each year. Mapping the MCA across the Antarctic region based on the analysis of published palaeotemperature proxy data from 60 sites has revealed something which defies the global … The best map yet of Antarctica without its ice Scientists have produced the most accurate portrait yet of what lies beneath Antarctica's ice sheet.

A GIANT Antarctic ice sheet could be saved from sliding into the sea and melting by covering it in trillions of tons of artificial snow. The terrestrial and native all year round species appears to be the descendants of ancestors who lived in geothermally warmed environments during the last ice age, when these areas were the only places on the continent not covered by ice. What does Antarctica look like in its underwear? A map indicating elevation in color was created by the same team (from here) : Note that it's far from flat.

In Antarctica there are, in addition to mountain tops and nunataks, other natural snow- and ice-free areas often referred to as "Antarctic oasis" or "dry valleys".

From Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: The hidden face of Antarctica, concealed for more than 30 million years beneath thick ice, is revealed in a new map and video of the continent's rocky surface, released today by NASA. I have worked over the Schirmacher oasis a small ~35sq km area situated at the periphery of east Antarctica. Antarctica Without Ice: Photos Shows Continent's Rocky Surface. A 3D map showing the topography of the area was created by NASA and the British Antarctic Survey: This is what the continent would look like if you instantly removed all the ice and snow. But the Piri-reis map isn’t the only one depicting Antarctica without ice; it turns out that a number of other maps also depict Antarctica ice-free before it was even discovered in ‘modern times.’ Another extremely controversial map is the cartographical chart created by a French geographer by the name of Philippe Buache de la Neuville.

By extension, it has been claimed that this map is evidence that an ancient civilization had mapped Antarctica without ice, and the Buache Map was drawn based on this ancient source. Until recently, however, it hasn't happened on a large scale in Antarctica.