After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years — a lake that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets.
Russian Scientists Reach Lake Under Antarctica
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Wed, 02/08/2012 - 6:43am
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