Russian researchers reach subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica

• Main Author: Talalay, Pavel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2012
• Subjects: Cryosphere; Terrestrial; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Lake Vostok; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2463/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2463/1/A20120307.pdf

Opening a new scientific frontier lying under the Antarctic ice, Russian researchers have drilled down and finally reached the surface of the gigantic freshwater lake, Lake Vostok. The mission chief likened the achievement to placing a man on the moon. Drilling in the area of the lake began 22 years...