A groundbreaking new study has indicated that there could be habitable salt glaciers situated beneath the planet's surface.
The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
A 'vortex' of cold air over the Karakoram mountain range has been causing glaciers to continue growing.
A secret US facility hidden beneath the ice is believed to contain significant amounts of nuclear waste.
The Red Planet is home to a large volume of glacial ice buried beneath a layer of surface dust.
A host of archaeological finds are being slowly unveiled by glaciers melting due to global warming.
Despite talk of global warming and melting ice sheets the Himalayan glaciers appear to be growing.
A massive island of ice four times the size of Manhatten has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers.
Glaciers on Mount Everest have been shrinking over the last 80 years according to new photographs of the region.