Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica . ... Credit Copyright: Ralph P. Harvey ( CWRU ), Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program , NASA , NSF Explanation: Where is the best place on Earth to find meteorites ? Although meteors fall all over the world, they usually just sink to the bottom of an ocean , are buried by shifting terrain, or are easily confused with terrestrial rocks . At the bottom of the Earth, however, in East Antarctica , huge sheets of blue ice remain pure and barren. ...