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So why are Russians drilling in Antarctica?What are the Russians doing drilling 2 miles into Antarctica?Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:34 pm
UAB students studying in AntarcticaUAB students studying during summer in Antarctica.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:41 pm
Russia scientists reach huge Antarctica lakeMoscow, Feb. 8 (AP): After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under kilometres of ice for some 20 million years ' a pristine body of water that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets.Finally touching the surface of Lake Vostok, the largest of nearly 400 subglacial lakes ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 12:00 am
Russian Scientists Breach Antarctica'sRussian scientists have confirmed that they have breached the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica—a first.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 8:33 pm
Russian Scientists Reach Freshwater LakeRussian scientists in Antarctica have reached a freshwater lake hidden beneath two miles of ice, but we won't get to find out what lurks beneath for quite sometime. The scientists won't be able to take samples of the newly discovered body until next "Antarctic Season," according to The New York Times.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 7:44 pm
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Antarctic lake 'could reveal new life' -Russian scientists said Thursday a probe to a pristine lake deep under the ice of Antarctica could bring revelations on the evolution of the planet Earth and possibly even new life forms. A Russian team drilled down to the surface of Lake Vostok ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 4:50 pm
How Lake Vostok could transform ourRussia 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.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 4:36 pm
UAB students studying in Antarctica -BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- UAB graduate students Julie Schram and Kate Schoenrock are leaving today for the world's coldest continent -- the start of a one-week trek that will carry them to Palmer Station, Antarctica. There they will dive in ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:27 pm
Earth losing roughly 150 billion tons of iceLondon, Feb 9 (ANI): Greenland, Antarctica and global glaciers and ice caps lost roughly 8 times the volume of Lake Erie from 2003-2010, a new study has revealed. According to the study led by the University of Colorado Boulder, earth's glaciers ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 11:07 am
UMES professor tours Antarctica - DelawarePRINCESS ANNE -- While hundreds of Delmarvans participated in the annual "Penguin Swim" in Ocean City New Year's Day, a UMES professor spent the holiday with the real flightless birds that live at the bottom of the world. Dr. T. H. Baughman ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 7:54 am
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Tears, joy as woman sets Antarctic crossingBritish adventurer Felicity Aston became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica on Monday, hauling two sledges around crevasses and over mountains into endless headwinds, past the South Pole and onward to the coastal ice shelf, persevering for 59 days in near-total solitude.Posted on 23 January 2012 | 9:38 am
Anti-whaling group says 3 activists injuredAn anti-whaling group says three of its members suffered minor injuries when they attempted to slow a Japanese harpoon boat in the Antarctic Ocean.
Posted on 18 January 2012 | 5:38 am
Japan to release 3 activists who boardedAn Australian customs ship was steaming full speed toward a Japanese whaling vessel to pick up three activists after Tokyo decided Tuesday to release them without charges over their surprise boarding off southwest Australia.
Posted on 8 January 2012 | 3:36 am
Sea Shepherd anti-whaling boat damaged byA conservationist group's boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave Thursday — a major setback in the group's ongoing and sometimes violent battle with Japan's whaling fleet, the activists said.
Posted on 29 December 2011 | 2:31 am
British skier reaches Pole in solo AntarcticBritish adventurer Felicity Aston has reached the South Pole, nearly halfway in her attempt to become the first human to ski solo using only muscle power across Antarcica.
Posted on 18 December 2011 | 4:09 pm
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http://t.co/SWRoL36i Scientists hope to findhttp://t.co/SWRoL36i Scientists hope to find life 'unknown to science' in Antarctica's buried Lake ... - National Post (blog)Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:37 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:37 pm
The Antarctica episode!!The Antarctica episode!! http://t.co/A2chBbUq @GetGlue @Syfy
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:36 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:35 pm
RT @mrgeog: World War II Rumor About anRT @mrgeog: World War II Rumor About an Ancient Lake Is Revived http://t.co/NlePUyER #Antarctica
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:34 pm
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UAB News Blog: UAB team shoves off forUAB's Antarctic marine research team left campus today for their annual journey to Antarctica. It will take them seven days and three forms of transportation to reach the White Continent. James McClintock, Ph.D., professor, ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 4:45 pm
UAB students studying in Antarctica |Summer is nearing its end in Antarctica, and the students will work at Palmer through the end of May as autumn arrives. Helping them the first month and a half will be UAB professors Jim McClintock and Chuck Amsler and ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:30 pm
New Adventures: Mongolia andThe second is late November/early December, to Antarctica. More details are on the site HERE for Mongolia and HERE for Antarctica, and I am so excited about both. Mongolia – July 6-16, 2012. The first, to Mongolia is a ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 11:10 am
Russia | Antarctica | Lake Vostok |Russia uncovers freshwater lake in Antarctica | 'There is no other place on Earth that has been in isolation for more than 20 million years.'
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 8:44 pm
Antarctica's Dry Valleys And SealBy Charles Choi, LiveScience contributor: Mummified seals now reveal that communities of microbes in Antarctica can change much faster than previously thought, scientists find.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 6:14 pm
