PROSPECTS FOR LIFE IN THE SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK, EAST ANTARCTICA

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: S. Bulat A., D. Marie, J.-R. Petit, С. Булат А.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2015
• Subjects: accretion ice; Antarctic ice sheet; chemolithoautotrophs; extreme environment; Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus; life detection; subglacial aquatic environments; Антарктический ледниковый покров; конжеляционный лёд; обнаружение жизни; подледниковые водные среды; хемолитоавтотрофы; экстремальная среда; Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Lake Vostok; Vostok Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/211; https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2012-4-92-96

The objective was to estimate the genuine microbial content of ice samples from refrozen water (accretion ice) from the subglacialLakeVostok(Antarctica) buried beneath the 4-km thick East Antarctic ice sheet as well as surface snow nearby Vostok station. The lake ice samples were extracted by heavy...