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Russians Retrieve First Sample of Lake Vostok

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Uh oh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is how a horror movie starts.

  2. At least we already know... by Faw · · Score: 4, Funny

    the names of the future Patient Zero

  3. Re:The real question is by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Frozen piss, of course.

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  4. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shut your lake hole.

  5. New brand of water by kmahan · · 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 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You seem to be under the impression that the brand of water has anything to do with its source...

  6. It's a Commie plot by kurt555gs · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  7. Re:john carpenter by ChrisMaple · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was John W. Campbell's dream first.

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