One of the greatest scientific discoveries in history may be hidden beneath nearly 13,000 feet of Antarctic ice. Deep below ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lake Vostok, an untouched lake in Antarctica, is soon to be reached for the first time. Russian scientists are drilling down to the oxygen-rich lake, which is buried beneath a sheet ...

Researchers have identified a single, continent-scale tectonic structure hidden beneath East Antarctica’s ice sheet, ...

A first analysis of ice pulled from the largest body of water buried beneath Antarctica has yielded nothing but pristine water, untouched in tens of millions of years. But that doesn’t mean the lake ...

Have you ever heard of Lake Vostok? No, it is not a tony resort outside Moscow. In fact, no one has ever taken a vacation there. It is located under more than two miles of ice not far from the South ...

A group of Russian scientists in Antarctica has succeeded in drilling to a lake buried two miles beneath the icy landmass, the state-run Russian news service Ria Novosti reported -- following a week ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. First off, some back story. This will end up as a mini-editorial, but some of you will find this very interesting. Lake Vostok is a large (10,000km2), ...

Recently, a Russian research team reached the waters of Lake Vostok. Vostok is one of the largest lakes on Earth, but the body of water escaped attention for many years because it’s buried under ...

Europa has a thick crust of ice over an ocean. Lake Vostok, miles beneath the Antarctic ice, is similar. But lessons from one may not apply to the other. NASA image It was a thrill to learn that on ...