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Life in Antarctic lake Vostok? It's everywhere else

Scientists, environmentalists and even World War II historians have reacted with a mixture of excitement and concern to news that Russian geologists have drilled through to a huge subglacial lake in Antarctica, some 20 Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never- before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, the […]

Russian team reaches Antarctica's buried Lake Vostok, say reports

Millions-yr-old secrets: RT at Lake Vostok drilling (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO). Truly mind-blowing for modern science, the 20-million-year-old Antarctic lake drilling is a life-or-death trial for explorers believes RT's correspondent February 1, 2012 Russian scientists expect to break through to a lake that's the size of New Jersey within a week or so. It's 2 miles below […]

Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic glacier

Lake Vostok, Antarctica update. Posted on February 6, 2012. A cross-section illustration of Lake Vostok. As of five years ago, when this diagram was made, drillers had made a 2.2-mile (3.5-kilometer) shaft. (Illustration courtesy Nicolle It has broken a seven day radio blackout of Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute drilling ops into Lake Vostok […]