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Lake Vostok to be breached within the week. UPDATE: Russian team successful?

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Along with all the festivities surrounding the anniversary of explorer Robert Falcon Scott's reaching the South Pole on 17 January 1912, Antarctic researchers are at the edge of their seats waiting for news that will merit another celebration. The centennial coincides with an expected new landmark: This week, a Russian team drilling into Lake Vostok in the center of the Antarctic continent is likely to break through the ice to water. It will be the first time that a subglacial lake has been breached. These modern-day explorers hope to discover whether Vostok, which at 5000 km 3 is the third largest lake on the planet, is teeming with hidden, cold-loving life that could have evolved separately from the rest of the world for hundreds of thousands of years.

All Eyes on Antarctic Drillers at Scott Expedition Centennial - ScienceInsider
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    I read this earlier today and it disturbs me. Just seems kinda creepy and dangerous to life as we know it on this planet. Maybe I watch too much SyFy.
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