Russians Retrieve First Sample of Lake Vostok

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Russians Retrieve First Sample of Lake Vostok

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 11, 2013 @08:34AM from the no-sign-of-jimmy-hoffa dept.

astroengine writes "Russian drilling operations at Lake Vostok, Antarctica, have succeeded in collecting a long-sought core sample of water frozen into the borehole from the glacier-covered, 20 million-year-old lake they cracked into last year. 'The first core of transparent lake ice, two meters long, was obtained on Jan. 10, at a depth of 3,406 meters (11,174.5 feet). Inside it was a vertical channel filled with white bubble-rich ice,' stated the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, part of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring."

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Uh oh by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-11 08:37 · Score: 5, Funny

This is how a horror movie starts.
1. Re:Uh oh by mrbester · 2013-01-11 08:55 · Score: 2
  
  Didn't the X-Files have that storyline?
  
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In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-11 08:40 · Score: 2, Funny

lake drills you!
1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-11 08:52 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Shut your lake hole.
The real question is by DarthBling · 2013-01-11 08:48 · Score: 2

what does the water in Lake Vostok taste like?
1. Re:The real question is by MightyMartian · 2013-01-11 08:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Frozen piss, of course.
  
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At least we already know... by Faw · 2013-01-11 08:49 · Score: 4, Funny

the names of the future Patient Zero
New brand of water by kmahan · 2013-01-11 08:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Wonder how long until the water bottling plant is built next to the lake.

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1. Re:New brand of water by DarwinSurvivor · 2013-01-11 09:42 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  You seem to be under the impression that the brand of water has anything to do with its source...
2. Re:New brand of water by skuzzlebutt · 2013-01-12 04:58 · Score: 2
  
  Absolutely right...I keep forgetting my lessons from Improv school: things are funnier in threes, trolling is a art, and jokes are better when based on solid, verifiable geo-political data.
  
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So, taking bets by almitchell · 2013-01-11 08:58 · Score: 2

Will it be a flesh eating disease, an alien microbe, or simply a refreshing scent of meteor blast?

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1. Re:So, taking bets by Runaway1956 · 2013-01-11 14:03 · Score: 2
  
  I don't think you 90% scenario is very realistic. Have some copy/pasta:
  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57554856/ancient-life-found-in-buried-antarctic-lake/
  Beneath the icy surface of a buried Antarctic lake, in super-salty water devoid of light and oxygen that is also cold enough to freeze seawater, researchers have now discovered that a diverse community of bacteria has survived for millennia.
  The findings shed light on the extreme limits at which life can live not just on Earth, but possibly alien worlds, scientists added.
  Researchers analyzed Lake Vida, which lies encapsulated within ice at least 60 feet beneath Antarctica's surface. Past studies revealed the brine in the lake has been isolated from the surface for at least 2,800 years.
  
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It's a Commie plot by kurt555gs · 2013-01-11 09:18 · Score: 3, Funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr2bSL5VQgM

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Re:john carpenter by ChrisMaple · 2013-01-11 13:48 · Score: 3, Insightful

It was John W. Campbell's dream first.

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