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The lost world beneath the Antarctic

By T.K. Randall
March 11, 2009 · Comment icon 22 comments

Image Credit: Calee Allen / NOAA
Scientists from Britain are searching for life forms that have survived untouched for millions of years below the frozen ice of the Antarctic, in a new mission they plan to drill down over two miles in to a sub-glacial lake in search of their goal.
British scientists are about to mount one of the boldest-ever missions, to search for life forms that have survived for possibly millions of years in a frozen "lost world" beneath an ancient ice sheet. This week, a team of Antarctic scientists has been given the go-ahead to drill through a two-mile-thick sheet of ice that has sealed a sub-glacial lake from the rest of the biosphere for at least as long as Homo sapiens has walked the Earth. "


Source: Independent | Comments (22)




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Comment icon #13 Posted by Ghost Ship 16 years ago
The THING ! It's a posibility.
Comment icon #14 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
The THING ! It's a posibility. With another bit of luck, we might even find your SHIP down there!
Comment icon #15 Posted by BaneSilvermoon 16 years ago
Maybe they will bottle this new pristine water for us. I would surely give it a go. Apart from that, I am very sure that they will come up with many suprises and wonders that the world hasn't seen . At least modern man that is. Maybe new animals that haven[t existed in any other part of the planet. They will have their work cut out for them for a very long time I would say. Hope they start right away. If their time estimates are correct on how long it's been encapsulated under ice.... and assuming there's not an outlet somewhere.... I would assume any living ecosystem down there would consist ... [More]
Comment icon #16 Posted by Oen Anderson 16 years ago
Some people think the Antarctic is Atlantis. Maybe they will find a sunken ship!
Comment icon #17 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
Some people think the Antarctic is Atlantis. Maybe they will find a sunken ship! Of course they'll find a ship, its Ghost's Ship! Where is Captain Jack Sparrow when you need him, hmmmm?
Comment icon #18 Posted by Ashiene 16 years ago
Cthulhu sleeps beneath the Antarctic ice
Comment icon #19 Posted by PinkBlackJackII 16 years ago
I think its a brilliant idea, Doing this would give insight to what the life was at that time, All in the name of science, I concur.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Ashiene 16 years ago
what if we find an alien city in the ice, an ancient and abandoned alien city that once thrived on earth and helped humans (or enslaved them) build the pyramids or gave them certain knowledge about astronomy??
Comment icon #21 Posted by Essan 16 years ago
what if we find an alien city in the ice, an ancient and abandoned alien city that once thrived on earth and helped humans (or enslaved them) build the pyramids or gave them certain knowledge about astronomy?? We get out quick ...... them Predators and Aliens aren't fun to mess with!
Comment icon #22 Posted by Ashiene 16 years ago
We get out quick ...... them Predators and Aliens aren't fun to mess with! WE GET OUT QUICK LOL? you don't know me; i used to spend years of my youth hunting aliens and predators on the computer...just give me a combat suit, a pulse rifle, and a billion rounds of ammunition and i'll get rid of the alien problem before u know it!


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