I read a few years ago, that they were going to drill to the surface of the underground lake in Antartica to take samples of the water, hoping to find million years old bacterial life forms.
I've also read that they found some living in ice sheet above the lakes, but does anything has been found so far?? Also the Russian were said to be the first ones to drill but contamination concerns have stopped the drilling...
2007-06-20 16:57:59 · 3 answers · asked by Jedi squirrels 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Sites are a little outdated... like 2005
It is why I was asking it here, just in case...
2007-06-20 17:08:59 · update #1
I got some info about idce carrots samplings going over 600K y-a, but still remain about 300k to 400k y-o ice before reaching the lake...
2007-06-21 05:20:25 · update #2
hmm.... as of now I did my research and checked the 2nd answerer's sites and they also are outdated. I guess the info that you have at this moment is most current. I am going to keep researching on this one.
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/news/2002/index.shtml this is the only current artical on this case I could find I hope it has all that you are asking for.
2007-06-20 22:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's as far as I know at the moment.
Just done a "Google", and come up with these sites. Enjoy!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4577627.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn6238.html
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/news/2006/030106lkvostok.shtml
2007-06-20 17:07:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am checking this out?
2007-06-20 17:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by tinybabecrista 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋