Lake Vostok

stuck_fugu · 05-30-2005, 08:18 PM

Im not sure if you've heard of it, but it's actually quite interesting, it is some lake that was discovered in antartica under the ice, and has been sealed of for an estimated time of a million years, so any life forms in there could be completely different from what we have ever seen. Read it for more detail

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGMJ816F21.DTL

heres and diagram

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mstudi...artoon_low.gif

and a picture

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mstudi...ostok_rad.jpeg

Eric · 06-07-2005, 09:23 PM

I've heard of it and I'm fascinated. It's about the size of Lake Ontario. The discovery of the lake itself is not recent, but an island was sighted at the centre of the lake in May. It has been speculated that lifeforms which inhabit the area, if any, are likely to be of unfamiliar shapes and classifications, due to the fact that they have evolved for the past millenia isolated from the rest of the world and have adapted to different climatic conditions.

Laurent Van Winckel · 06-08-2005, 02:31 AM

Cool, I eager to see those weird creatures!

Eric · 06-08-2005, 03:40 AM

Yeah, I hope they surface in Brussels and eat you.

05-30-2005, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
stuck_fugu Master Googler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 503 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lake Vostok Im not sure if you've heard of it, but it's actually quite interesting, it is some lake that was discovered in antartica under the ice, and has been sealed of for an estimated time of a million years, so any life forms in there could be completely different from what we have ever seen. Read it for more detail http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGMJ816F21.DTL heres and diagram http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mstudi...artoon_low.gif and a picture http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mstudi...ostok_rad.jpeg

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06-07-2005, 09:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've heard of it and I'm fascinated. It's about the size of Lake Ontario. The discovery of the lake itself is not recent, but an island was sighted at the centre of the lake in May. It has been speculated that lifeforms which inhabit the area, if any, are likely to be of unfamiliar shapes and classifications, due to the fact that they have evolved for the past millenia isolated from the rest of the world and have adapted to different climatic conditions.

06-08-2005, 02:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Laurent Van Winckel Google Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 445 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cool, I eager to see those weird creatures!

06-08-2005, 03:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah, I hope they surface in Brussels and eat you.

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