Antarctica

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had pierced through Antarctica's frozen crust to a vast, subglacial lake that has lain untouched for at least 14 million years hiding what scientists believe may be unknown organisms and clues to life on other planets. Sealed deep under the ice sheet, Lake Vostok is one of the world's last unexplored frontiers. Scientists suspect its depths may reveal new life forms and a glimpse of the planet before the ice age. If life is found in the lake's...Read Full Story

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had pierced through Antarctica's frozen crust to a vast, subglacial lake that has lain untouched for at least 14 million years hiding what scientists believe may be unknown organisms and clues to life on other planets. Sealed deep under the ice sheet, Lake Vostok is one of the world's last unexplored frontiers. Scientists suspect its depths may reveal new life forms and a glimpse of the planet before the ice age. If life is found in the...Read Full Story

RSS for Posts Subscribe by e-mail Follow on Twitter Connect on Facebook Home Articles Entertainment Bollywood Games Hollywood Sports IT Hardware Networking Software Life Style Fashion Health Relations News Technology Apple Gadgets Google Innovation Jailbreak Web Contact Privacy Policy February 13, 2012 | Filed underLife Style,News,Relations | Posted by Paracha The Minister of the nature of Russia Yuri Trutnev gave Prime...Read Full Story

Previous story:« Bangor man charged with assault after elbowing female cab driver, police say The Associated Press Posted Nov. 20, 2011, at 7:49 p.m.             CARACAS, Venezuela — A 33-year-old British adventurer preparing for a historic solo crossing of Antarctica was waiting at a base camp for the weather to improve on Sunday in order to begin her long journey on skis. Felicity Aston said she has been doing more than physical training to ready...Read Full Story

Swooping through the trenches of the Death Star likely ranks high on every geek's bucket list, but thanks to the global financial crisis, we likely won't be seeing Dubai's Death Star any time soon. Fortunately, the folks at NASA have rigged up a passable alternative -- flying through a massive 19-mile crack across Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier. The crack was discovered last October and measures 60 yards wide and 50 yards deep, certainly more than enough clearance to accommodate adventurous...Read Full Story

Approaching the Antarctic Peninsula, the crystalline monoliths of ice and great tabular bergs of the Weddell Sea become clear. A Zodiac (motorized landing craft) takes you closer to the monumental walls of ice, making it all the more amazing to know these glaciers are constantly on the move to the speedy tune of 30 centimeters per day. In the shadow of their grandeur, the local denizens frolic. Adelies, chinstrap and gentoo penguins by the hundreds, even thousands, will entertain you royally...Read Full Story

Antarctica is so vast that the pictures give you no sense of scale. The pencil-thin line across the satellite image of Pine Island Glacier (above) is actually more than 18 miles long, 800 feet across in places, and 180 feet deep. And it’s growing. In the next few months, scientists expect the glacier to create an iceberg about 350 square miles in area. It will probably float northward, melting as it goes. “Pine Island Glacier is losing ice very quickly, about six meters per year,” said...Read Full Story

World Explorer Johan Ernst Nilson has finally reached the South Pole after his year-long expedition from North Pole to South Pole using as little carbon emissions as possible!Despite sustaining multiple injuries throughout his arduous journey, Johan pushed on to achieve his goal of trekking from Pole to Pole.  Now that he has arrived in the South Pole, Johan will be flown to Cape Town, South Africa where he will receive medical attention for his broken ribs and frostbitten toes.  Although...Read Full Story

CTV.caIce-Fishing in the Deepest DepthsNew York TimesThe Russian mission in Antarctica has had for years an astonishing goal: to explore the remotest ecosystem on earth, lying directly beneath the most extreme climate on earth. The ecosystem is Lake Vostok, an enormous freshwater lake more than two miles ...Russian scientists reach lake under Antarcticamsnbc.comRussian Scientists Breach Antarctica's Lake Vostok—ConfirmedNational GeographicRussians drill into Lake Vostok, begin search for life...Read Full Story

After over 20 years of drilling through two miles of glacial ice, Russian scientists have reportedly penetrated the surface of Antarctica's largest subglacial lake. Lake Vostok, which hasn't been touched by light in millions of years, has been a target of scientific exploration because of the unique lifeforms it may contain. According to Wired, the lake likely contains 50 times the amount of oxygen found in a typical freshwater lake. The conditions in the lake "are thought to be similar" to...Read Full Story