Abstract Predicting the response of Antarctic ice to climate change requires detailed knowledge of its shallow structure, but direct measurements are challenging. Traditional seismic surveys are logistically demanding, and surface remote sensing provides limited information about subsurface layers. Here, we introduce uncontacted airborne seismology, a method that uses aircraft‐generated sounds and their conversion into seismic waves at the ice surface to probe the ice interior. Using a 36‐node seismic array during airborne passes, we captured multiple types of seismic waves and analyzed their propagation to extract dispersion patterns. Joint inversion of these observations reconstructs the elastic properties and porosity of the upper ∼100 m. This approach offers a rapid, scalable framework for mapping near‐surface ice structure and establishes a benchmark for future aerial or robotic exploration of polar regions, opening new possibilities for large‐scale, noninvasive monitoring of ice sheet dynamics.

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