East Antarctica is colder than its western counterpart because of its higher elevation.

East Antarctica is a cold region with a ground base above sea level and occupies most of the continent.

This is partly offset by fall cooling in East Antarctica.

East Antarctica sea ice has been increasing since 1978, though not at a statistically significant rate.

But little, if any, surface warming is occurring over East Antarctica.

Overall, not much is going on in East Antarctica - yet.

It was the seismic activity that brought them to East Antarctica.

The ophiolitic belt of the latter may extend into East Antarctica.

Ice thicknesses greater than 4 km have been measured in East Antarctica.

After all, East Antarctica was an ancient continent and at one time tropical.