A Tiny Window Opens Into Lake Vostok, While a Vast Continent Awaits

On 8 February, the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute announced that a team of its engineers and scientists had drilled through nearly 4 kilometers of Antarctic ice to Lake Vostok.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Author: Gramling, Carolyn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.335.6070.788
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.335.6070.788
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Summary:On 8 February, the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute announced that a team of its engineers and scientists had drilled through nearly 4 kilometers of Antarctic ice to Lake Vostok.