After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake

http://rt.com/news/antarctic-million-secrets-lake-583/

by dclaysmith • 14 years ago

23 10 14 years ago

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samstave• 14 years ago

Why did it take 30 years to dig 4km?

TNO• 14 years ago

Better article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12275979

jameskilton• 14 years ago

It's explained quite well in the article. It took that long for the technology to come along that ensures we don't pollute this pristine ecosystem when we breach.

cperciva• 14 years ago

Because for the first two decades they were there, they didn't know a lake existed and they weren't drilling.

alantrick• 14 years ago

Days later, a husky is seen running in the snow from a helicopter.

LearnYouALisp• 14 years ago

Sorry, could you explain that?

mih• 14 years ago

I think it's a reference to the opening scene of the movie 'The Thing' starring Kurt Russell. (Spoiler: It's about an alien lifeform which start infecting researchers at a polar research station)

squid_ca• 14 years ago

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

ComputerGuru• 14 years ago

Specialists [..] predict they will find “the only giant super-clean water system on the planet.” The pristine water will be “twice cleaner than double-distilled water,” they believe.

Can anyone shed light on this claim? I understand why it would be clear of pollution, waste, germs, etc. but is there any particular reason it would not contain salts, minerals, etc?

Lazare• 14 years ago

I think it's almost obligatory to link A Colder War every time this story comes up: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm

(Warning: Creepy.)

After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake

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