Tag: lake vostok
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Russia Retracts Earlier Report Of New Microbial Life
The Daily Galaxy (TDG) reports Russians disagree, whether new form of microbial life, discovered in Lake Vostok (picture). Lake Vostok lies under two miles of ice in Antarctica. Vladimir Korolyov, head of genetics lab at the Institute for Nuclear Physics in St. Petersburg, Russia contradicts earlier report by Sergei Bulat. Korolyov advises it was a…
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Russians Analyze Data To Confirm Reached Lake Vostok
World awaits announcement Russians have drilled into Lake Vostok! BBC News article, “Antarctic lake success uncertain,” reports “…Valery Lukin, the Russian Antarctic programme director, has told Nature journal that the claim is premature.
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russians at lake vostok not lost
US News reports failure to respond doesn’t mean Russians lost or even in trouble. Russians are working around clock to reach goal to drill into ancient Lake Vostok before winter closes down operation, believes American explorer John Priscu. A perturbed Priscu discounts recent Fox report Russians at Lake Vostok lost, because of no reported contact…
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Lake Vostok Mystery
Mystery builds as Russians quit drilling for season. The drill lies less than 50 feet from subglacial Lake Vostok environment. Russians leave a two mile borehole filled with kerosene to prevent freezing, until drilling resumes in December.