Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 14:01 in Earth & Climate

Scientists said Wednesday they had reached the waters of a lake that has been sealed off for millions of years.

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