In February 2012, after
more than two decades of drilling, Russian scientists finally reached the surface of the sub-glacial lake of Vostok, in Antarctica.
They were able to take some fragments in the lake and the scientists returned in the next weeks in order to bring up more study samples. The
water of this lake has not been in contact with the outside world for several
million years! The researchers think they have discovered unknown life forms...
There are other research
projects in the subsoil under the Antarctic ice: an American team
is exploring Whillans Ice Stream, where the Antarctic ice joins the Southern
Ocean, and a British team has been searching Lake Ellsworth, also located under the ice.
Article by Antoine Jourdet
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