Russian researchers pose for a picture after reaching the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica on February 5, 2012. Russian scientists on Saturday dismissed initial reports that they had found a wholly new type of bacteria in a mysterious subglacial lake […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Unclassified’ Life Found in Antarctic Lake – Researcher 22:23 07/03/2013 MOSCOW, March 7 (RIA Novosti) – A preliminary examination of water samples from the ancient subglacial Lake Vostok near the South Pole indicated that its inhabitants are not to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First view of the bottom of Antarctic subglacial Lake Whillans, captured by the high-resolution imaging system aboard the Micro-Submersible Lake Exploration Device. The imagery and other data from the mini-sub were used to survey the lake floor and help the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Packaged samples from the WISSARD drilling of Lake Whillans. Credit: WISSARD Life Under the Lake Ice Source: Nature news release Posted: 02/13/13 Summary: Scientists have identified microbial life in a lake trapped under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. For […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A U.S. research team has drilled 800 meters into the ice sheet that covers Lake Whillans in Antarctica (the team’s camp pictured here in 2011) and retrieved the first signs of life from a subglacial lake. Credit: WISSARD/NSF Under hundreds […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
January 30, 2013 WISSARD Team Finds First Signs of Microbial Life in an Antarctica Subglacial Lake Scientists drilling in Lake Whillans, a remote body of water buried 2,600 feet below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, have discovered evidence of living […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet Submitted by keithcowing on Mon, 01/28/2013 – 09:50 In a first-of-its-kind feat of science and engineering, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully drilled through 800 meters (2,600 feet) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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