Three-way race to reach lost #Antarctic lakes - environment - 11 October 2011 - New Scientist
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Antarctic researchers are set to make first contact with long-lost lakes deep beneath the continent’s ice – closely followed by second and third contact. Three expeditions will attempt to enter the hidden lakes over the next two years, in search of unknown kinds of life that have evolved in isolation. The projects could also determine if or when the west Antarctic ice sheet will collapse