Showing posts with label Antarctica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antarctica. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Researchers seek life under Antarctic ice

To prove that life can exist even in the most inhospitable conditions, a group of British researchers are ready to start making a hole depth of 3km on a glacier of Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica. If all goes as expected, will commence operations on the 12th of this month. There are almost 3700 subglacial lakes in Antarctica and Lake Ellsworth is one of them. The main objective of this research is to find living organisms that carry millions...