'Lost World' reached: 20 million yr old Antarctic lake 'drilled'

Create Account

'Lost World' reached: 20 million yr old Antarctic lake 'drilled'

3 comments, 223 views, posted 7:33 pm 07/02/2012 in News by bradpitt
bradpitt has 1349 posts, 815 threads, 3609 points, location: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Tweet

Breakthrough! Russian scientists drill into Antarctic lake buried under the ice for 20 million years, amid extraordinary claims the Nazis may have got there first:

Drilling successful as scientists break through into lake buried miles under Antarctic ice
Lake could have 'unique life forms' say scientists
News agency claims that hidden Nazi stronghold nearby could contain Hitler's archives
Described as 'unassailable fortress for the Fuhrer' - and could contain Hitler and Eva Braun's remains, says agency
Lake has had no contact with man-made pollutants or Earthly life forms for millions of years

After 30 years spent drilling through a four-kilometer-thick ice crust, researchers have finally broken through to a unique subglacial lake. Scientists are set to reveal its 20-million-year-old secrets, and imitate a quest to discover ET life...