MOSCOW, March 1 (Alexey Eremenko, RIA Novosti) – Russian researchers
have successfully obtained ice samples from the ancient Lake Vostok in
the Antarctic, but said on Friday it would take months to clarify
whether life exists in the fossil water below the 3.5-kilometer (2.2
mile) high glacier.
“Let’s maintain the intrigue a little longer,” Vladimir Lipenkov, a climatologist at Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, quipped at a RIA Novosti press conference.
“Let’s maintain the intrigue a little longer,” Vladimir Lipenkov, a climatologist at Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, quipped at a RIA Novosti press conference.