Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) accretion ice contains a diverse set of sequences from aquatic, marine and sediment-inhabiting bacteria and eukarya.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Yury M Shtarkman, Zeynep A Koçer, Robyn Edgar, Ram S Veerapaneni, Tom D'Elia, Paul F Morris, Scott O Rogers
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067221; https://doaj.org/article/00b4e0ce474f43768dd2d1df6adf8f30

Lake Vostok, the 7(th) largest (by volume) and 4(th) deepest lake on Earth, is covered by more than 3,700 m of ice, making it the largest subglacial lake known. The combination of cold, heat (from possible hydrothermal activity), pressure (from the overriding glacier), limited nutrients and complete...