After 30 years of drilling, scientists have reached the surface of Lake Vostok

[Thud]

'Lost World' reached: 20 million yr old Antarctic lake 'drilled' — RT (http://rt.com/news/antarctic-million-secrets-lake-583/)

It's a lake the size of Lake Ontario that's under 3km of ice, and separated from the rest of the world for about 20 million years.

I wonder what they're gonna find down there? Completely sterile environment? Dormant sea monster?

They won't be able to take water samples until later this year. Presumably during the antarctic summer. Which would be around December.


Perhaps..... December 21, 2012. :eek:

[wicked_c6]

Man I hope someone had presence of mind to send ol' Kurt up there with some bangsticks and a flamethrower. Having just watched the remake this weekend (it sucked...but not as badly as I thought)...I'm concerned.

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[04 commemorative]

yes lets give it all our Kooties !

[wicked_c6]

I wonder what they're gonna find down there? Completely sterile environment? Dormant sea monster?


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[nhlgopens]

Megatron. :seasix:

[8Up]

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GODZIRRA!!

[DAB]

:ohnoes:

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[Stangkiller]

That article doesn't explain the week of radio silence.

[onedef92]

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"Whiteout" like a mofo! That don't look like that there Kate Beckinsale, does it?

[Mike Mercury]

That article doesn't explain the week of radio silence.

elaborate.

[HOWSER]

That article doesn't explain the week of radio silence.

Russian team completed drilling a week ago, vodka party ensued, vodka ran out, they called in a smidge late. :lol:

[wicked_c6]

elaborate.

The team drilling the hole had been listed as out of contact, or no contact for a week. No one had been able to get them on a radio.

(I'm wondering if they checked their FB and twitter feed :) )

[wicked_c6]

Russian team completed drilling a week ago, vodka party ensued, vodka ran out, they called in a smidge late. :lol:

Yep...and its hard cleaning up hookers and blow on an ice cube.

[Stangkiller]

elaborate.

Just last week there was a few new stories about the drilling team not radioing in.
Prior to this announcement released by several news agencies today, I was under the impression they were beginning to worry that they may have lost the whole drilling team, and there was no way to send out a rescue mission until after the winter.

Which is not quite what this article says, but you get the message.

Missing Scientists Mystery Deepens In Frozen Antarctica | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/03/missing-scientists-mystery-deepens-in-frozen-antarctica/)
Russian Scientists Seeking Lake Vostok Lost In Frozen 'Land Of The Lost'? | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/)

[onedef92]

Which is not quite what this article says, but you get the message.

Military secrets are among the most fleeting of all....

[mikeg826]

That article doesn't explain the week of radio silence.

:iagree::iagree: Something fishy is happening, I don't think that team of Russian scientist is the same ones that left, they've been replaced.


Missing Scientists Mystery Deepens In Frozen Antarctica | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/03/missing-scientists-mystery-deepens-in-frozen-antarctica/)

[Thud]

Hmmm, I didn't realize they had lost contact with the drilling team.



But, they're drilling down into a highly pressurized lake, with the weight of 3000 meters of ice on top of it. WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??

[onedef92]

WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??

Famous last words like a mofo....

[Stangkiller]

Here hold my beer/vodka WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??

Famous last words like a mofo....

I swear i've heard this one before.

[DAB]

WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??

Famous last words like a mofo....

a whole colony of frozen (soon to thaw) killer attack cormorants :ohnoes: ....and boy are they pissed about one of their own being eaten....:leaving:

[Mike Mercury]

realistically, the water isn't ever more that 13,000 years old.

the water of the lake is continually freezing and being carried away by the motion of the Antarctic ice sheet, while being replaced by water melting from other parts of the ice sheet in these high pressure conditions. This resulted in an estimate that the entire volume of the lake is frozen and removed every 13,300 years—its effective mean residence time.

[G8rDMD]

:iagree::iagree: Something fishy is happening, I don't think that team of Russian scientist is the same ones that left, they've been replaced.


Missing Scientists Mystery Deepens In Frozen Antarctica | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/03/missing-scientists-mystery-deepens-in-frozen-antarctica/)

Oh, they're the same bodies, just now inhabited with a parasitic alien which controls them which, once they return to Mother Russia, will start infecting the world :willy:

[WarDriver]

I wonder what they're gonna find down there?

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[Cobra4B]

They should bottle the water and sell it....

[Stangkiller]

They should bottle the water and sell it....

Oh they will tell you that they are...but the water will still taste very similar to tap water for some strange reason.

[Yerf Dog]

Extreme Ice Fishing

[BuckyThreadkiller]

I'm for taking samples from the lake to the LHC and firing that puppy up on 12/21/12.

[wicked_c6]

WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??

Famous last words like a mofo....

Usually preceded by "Here... Hold my beer".

[wicked_c6]

realistically, the water isn't ever more that 13,000 years old.

SPOILER ALERT!!!! :) :rofl:

[Bucwheat]

Must have been one hell of a drill bit!:D

[jimkmyc5]

Hmmm, I didn't realize they had lost contact with the drilling team.



But, they're drilling down into a highly pressurized lake, with the weight of 3000 meters of ice on top of it. WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??

I'm thinking giant ice volcano....

[Blademaker]

I'm thinking giant ice volcano....

:iagree:

[PLRX]

The real Obama

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/53500/Frozen-Barack-Obama--53589.jpg

[onedef92]

a whole colony of frozen (soon to thaw) killer attack cormorants :ohnoes: ....and boy are they pissed about one of their own being eaten....:leaving:

Damn! I can't wait to peep that mofo on SyFy Channel's movie of the week! :D

[Thud]

realistically, the water isn't ever more that 13,000 years old.

But whatever is living in the water has been genetically isolated from the rest of the planet for 25 million years.

Presumably mutating and waiting... waiting.... waiting.... for The Day.

[Mike Mercury]

But whatever is living in the water has been genetically isolated from the rest of the planet for 25 million years.

Presumably mutating and waiting... waiting.... waiting.... for The Day.
no problem; we'll just re-activate Ultraman...

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[NEVRL8T]

Bumbles. I bet they find the Bumble.

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[onedef92]

Bumbles. I bet they find the Bumble.

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Or the Wampa Ice Creature. :rofl:

[mrvette]

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Or the Wampa Ice Creature. :rofl:

Nah, he's Canadian.....:rofl:

[onedef92]

Nah, he's Canadian.....:rofl:


:lol:

[Cybercowboy]

I wonder what was Intelligently Designed down there?

[onedef92]

I wonder what was Intelligently Designed down there?


"What does God need with a starship?"

[Cybercowboy]

Actually, I wonder what ID proponents predict will be discovered down there based on their scientific hypothesis of Intelligent Design, and I also wonder what could be found that falsified their hypothesis since it is science after all supposedly, and all scientific hypothesis and theories must be falsifiable by definition.

[onedef92]

Actually, I wonder what ID proponents predict will be discovered down there based on their scientific hypothesis of Intelligent Design, and I also wonder what could be found that falsified their hypothesis since it is science after all supposedly, and all scientific hypothesis and theories must be falsifiable by definition.

"I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it (and shit)." --Sen. John Kerry, on voting against a military funding bill for U.S. troops in Iraq

[Cybercowboy]

"I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it (and shit)." --Sen. John Kerry, on voting against a military funding bill for U.S. troops in Iraq

Ah, John Kerry single-handedly falsifies ID! :lol:

[onedef92]

Ah, John Kerry single-handedly falsifies ID! :lol:

:rofl::seasix:

[Fasglas]

:iagree::iagree: Something fishy is happening, I don't think that team of Russian scientist is the same ones that left, they've been replaced.


Missing Scientists Mystery Deepens In Frozen Antarctica | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/03/missing-scientists-mystery-deepens-in-frozen-antarctica/)

Have the same thought as well.