Russian scientists reach the freshwater lake beneath Antarctica

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/02/russian-scientists-reach-freshwater-lake-beneath-antarctica/48471/

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Russian drill nears 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/lake-vostok-drilling/?intcid=story_ribbon

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Microbes found thriving in volcanic Mars-like habitat

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/12/-microbes-found-thriving-in-volcanic-mars-like-habitat-1.html