[cicero2k]

It also means evidence of life may be at the surface, in the form of organisms trapped.

A single cell organism would be a huge discovery, and now that there is a path from liquid to the surface, is significant. There is energy inside: either via tidal friction, nuclear decay or insulated molten core.

Just land where it “snows”, melt and examine.

[ETL]

A single cell organism would be a huge discovery...

Who knows, they may even find dinosaurs beneath the ice.

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"Negotiating an underwater tunnel [beneath the ice] to gain the island's interior, those aboard U-33 are amazed to discover a tropical prehistoric world kept warm by volcanic forces.

Here dinosaurs that should be long extinct live and roam, as do a curious race of humanoid savages that appear to exhibit all the various phases of Man's evolutionary development. To survive long enough to repair and replenish the U-boat, wartime enemies must put aside their differences and cooperate with one another. But not everyone is playing from the Kumbaya songbook...

http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/land_time_forgot.htm

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