Triumph! After two decades of drilling in most inhospitable place on Earth, Russian scientists return home with barrelful of water from ‘alien’ lake untouched for 20 million years

February 11, 2012
  • Drilling successful as scientists break through into lake buried miles under Antarctic ice
  • Scientists confirm breakthrough into buried lake
  • Have raised sample of 40 litres of water
  • Frozen sample will be removed in December in next Antarctic summer
  • 'Like exploring another planet except this one is ours', scientist
  • Lake has had no contact with man-made pollutants or Earthly life forms for millions of years
 

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February 10, 2012



Something to ponder,,,but dont think too hard!!
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#1 - TOTO: Lake Vostok

February 9, 2012

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Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake

February 8, 2012
Washington Post National By Marc Kaufman, Published: January 31

After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn’t been touched by light for more than 20 million years.

Scientists are enormously excited about what life-forms might be found there but are equally worried about contaminating the lake with drilling fluids and bacteria, and the potentially explosive “de-gassing” of a body ...

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First Podcast

February 7, 2012
My first podcast is done, to be posted soon!!  With luck I will have it posted by Friday, the 10th of February.  Check back soon for more site content in the next few days!!

Twitter to  come soon as well as facebook,,,

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