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

Posted by Beth Hambridge on Saturday, February 11, 2012 Under: Updates

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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