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Frigid Lake May Hold Keys To The Origins Of Life

Posted by timothy on from the monstrous-scientific-dilemma dept.

small_dick writes: "I ran across this article at the LA Times. It's about a fresh water lake, protected by the Antarctic ice cap for millions of years. Lake Vostok was first discovered in 1996, but scientists still struggle over the best methodology to probe, yet not contaminate, this historic find."

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  1. Article on Wired.. by Rahoule · · Score: 4

    Here is an article from Wired magazine on Lake Vostok.

    There are a few x-ray-like pictures of Antarctica I've seen here and there on the Net which show the position and size of the subglacial lake, including a small movie clip which even shows the lake's depth and dimensions.