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February 7, 2012

Russians Breach Lake Vostok (But No Nazis)

Christina Reed, Discovery News


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The unofficial comment came this morning in my inbox from the American office of the Russian Embassy: They did it!!! :)

Attached was a link to the state-sponsored Russian news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted an unnamed source as saying:

Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the sub-glacial lake.

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TAGGED: Antarctica, Russia, lake vostok

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