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Life Found Deep Under Antarctic Ice For First Time?
Posted by National Geographic: Marc Kaufman on February 5th, 2013
National Geographic: For the first time, scientists believe they have collected life-forms from deep under the Antarctic ice.
Last week, a team found and collected microbes in a lake hidden under more than a half-mile of ice. elated: "Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice.")
Among other things, the discovery may shed light on what lies under the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
The newfound life-forms have little connection to life on the earth's surface and many apparently survive by "eating rocks," team...
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Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice
Posted by National Geographic: Marc Kaufman on December 18th, 2012
National Geographic: A hundred years ago, two teams of explorers set out to be the first people ever to reach the South Pole. The race between Roald Amundsen of Norway and Robert Falcon Scott of Britain became the stuff of triumph, tragedy, and legend. (See rare pictures of Scott's expedition.)
Today, another Antarctic drama is underway that has a similar daring and intensity-but very different stakes.
Three unprecedented, major expeditions are underway to drill deep through the ice covering the continent and,...