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Lake Vostok Reached
First time accepted submitter Cyberax writes "After 30 years of drilling and weeks of media attention the Antarctic underground lake Vostok has been reached by Russian scientists (translated article). Deep drilling in the vicinity of Vostok Station in Antarctica began in the 1970s, when the existence of the reservoir was not yet known. Scientists are beginning paleoclimatic studies and further exploration of the lake will continue in 2013-2014."
Expecting a lone husky to be seen escaping the facility in 2 days time.
There was an episode of Northern Exposure where they tapped an ancient glacial lake and found that the water made women extremely horny. So there could be an upside here.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Suddenly, deadly bacteria/frozen alien/frozen robotic alien/frozen goo-like mind control alien.
Huh. I can see the "I Tapped That at Vostok" T-Shirts and Bumper Stickers now...
and how so few people/countries seem to be taking lifestyle-changing action against it, they wasted 30 years when in a few years or so, they might have the ice melt enough for them to reach the lake by just tapping on a thin sheet of it with the back of a pencil...
Did they find the Stargate yet? or the weapons platform?
How is that extreme? Did they fill the hole with Mountain Dew?
"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming..."
Until some pesky humans drill into his cool jacuzzi...
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Bruce Willis could have drilled it in a matter of hours.
Only to find Chuck Norris waiting for him at the bottom.
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But all they've been communicating is "Send more ugly-bags-of-mostly-water".
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
I'm not worried, Bruce Willis will save us.
Bow before me, for I am root.