Topic: Lake Vostok
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British team abandons drilling in Antarctic lake
Technical problem, fuel shortage force suspension of scientific project to find life in Earth's remotest environment. US, Russia set to begin their Antarctic drilling projects.
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How Lake Vostok could transform our understanding of life as we know it
Russian researchers in Antarctica say they have successfully drilled through more than two miles of ice to reach a vast lake that has been sealed off from light or air for at least 14 million years. If living organisms are found in the lake, it would greatly boost hopes of finding life on other worlds.
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Ancient Antarctic lake thought to harbor prehistoric life, Hitler clones
In its reporting on the efforts of a Russian drilling team to reach a subglacial lake in Antarctica, Russian state media has revived an old conjecture about a secret Nazi cloning facility on the southern continent.
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Scientists drill past Antarctic ice to reach buried lake. What lies beneath?
Lake Vostok has been capped with Antarctic ice for at least 15 million years. Now scientists have drilled 13,000 feet to reach its surface. They'll soon learn what life forms have adapted to that cold, dark locale.
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Russian scientists bore into massive ancient lake, prompt contamination concerns
News of the scientific milestone was evidently on hold, as Russian headquarters waited on some measurements from Vostok Station, the tiny outpost in the middle of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Russians reach mysterious lake 2.4 miles below Antarctic ice
Russian scientists confirmed they have drilled down to a 20-million year old freshwater lake far below the surface of Antarctica. Could this lake hold clues to life on other planets or moons?
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Russian team drills into 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake
The lake is the object of a years-long project to study its waters, which may house life forms new to science.
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PopTech conference lifts the lid on a cauldron of innovative ideasSpeakers talk about exploring hidden worlds under Antarctica, what all Canadian hockey stars have in common, and why GM crops are good.
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