Lake Vostok, Sealed in Antarctic Ice, Reached by Russian Drillers

By Ned Potter | ABC News – Tue, Feb 7, 2012 12:06 PM EST
 

18 comments

  • dan
    dan  •  Greenville, South Carolina  •  3 months ago
    they're going to find cthulu
    • NealR
      NealR 3 months ago
      And while they're at it, they will also find a lost city built by the Old Ones.
    • NealR
      NealR 3 months ago
      It would also be nice to find a Shoggoth.
  • Mellowdog
    Mellowdog  •  Birmingham, Alabama  •  3 months ago
    Dang it! Ruskies beat us again!
    • Frank
      Frank 3 months ago
      ....and for goodness sake, if you come across a huge alien spacecraft encased in an ice block, leave it the hell alone!!!!
  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah  •  Grasonville, Maryland  •  3 months ago
    Unleash bacteria trapped for millions of years on a population that hasn't built an immunity to it. Great plan.
    • dmarkie
      dmarkie 3 months ago
      england did it
    • Telling It Like It Is 200 ...
      Telling It Like It Is 200 ... 3 months ago
      Europeans did it to Native Americans knowing full well what would happen. That's how a small rag tag group of Spanish adventurers and fortune hunters were able to conquer a large military empire in the heart of Mexico. Most of the Aztecs ended up dying from diseases
  • Joe
    Joe  •  3 months ago
    The Thing
  • Shane
    Shane  •  3 months ago
    actually as of right now 2356z on 7 feb its -53 at vostok. they report @ 8pm est or 0000gmt. I bet thats some good tasting water if it doenst freeze on the way up.
  • who
    who  •  3 months ago
    "Great God! This is an awful place." LOL, now that's science!
  • who
    who  •  3 months ago
    I for one welcome our new icy, aquatic overlords!
  • Anne
    Anne  •  Fallon, Nevada  •  3 months ago
    Reminds me of a Hollywood horror flick. They will unleash a long-dormant alien life form that will attack Earth. Maybe then we will all be able to get along?
  • Telling It Like It Is 200 ...
    Telling It Like It Is 200 ...  •  3 months ago
    Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's vault..... Remember that one????? They spent hours trying to get into that and they found..... (drumroll).......... nothing!!!!!!!
  • HighYieldNuclearDevice
    HighYieldNuclearDevice  •  3 months ago
    Be cool if they found Hoffa down there.
  • M
    M  •  3 months ago
    Soon other countrys will be wanting a piece of the pie. Oil will be their next thing on their mind.
  • markg
    markg  •  3 months ago
    When CO2 is converted to O2 through Photosynthesis, there is less CO2 in the atmosphere to retain Infrared energy. So it gets colder. When the Earth was colder is when the O2 was higher and that's when the major Ice age resulted. We are reversing the process by burning up the carbon based fuels and the molecular Oxygen.
  • Jim
    Jim  •  3 months ago
    If you are to believe the climate police, they should have waited a few years... All the ice on top will be melted and they could have gone swimming in the lake.
  • Mike
    Mike  •  3 months ago
    We have come to visit you in peace, and with good will.
  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah  •  Grasonville, Maryland  •  3 months ago
    2012
  • NW
    NW  •  Mountain Top, Pennsylvania  •  3 months ago
    WOW, 14 years of drilling to find........................REALLY COLD WATER! I can go right to my refrigerator!
  • safeinthewoods
    safeinthewoods  •  3 months ago
    ... go ahead, poke holes ... what could go wrong ..?
  • Robert Allen
    Robert Allen  •  3 months ago
    if you don t get a sample whats the point?
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