If scientists peeled back the Antarctic ice sheet, a complex system of complex rivers of lakes similar to Earth's surface would emerge.
To date little is known about this inaccessible environment, although preliminary research suggests subglacial bodies of water may harbor some basic life-forms.
Illustration courtesy Zina Deretsky/NSF
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Gondwana mystery lures geologist back to AntarcticaGeologist Masaki Owada, 47, is looking forward to visiting Antarctica next November as the second in command of the 50th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, the latest in a series aiming to uncover the mysteries of the ancient Gondwana supercontinent... Owada is a professor at Yamaguchi University's Graduate School. In June, the National Institute of Polar Research in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, offered him a chance to join the new expedition as second in command... The rocky mountains are said to be the center of the former Gondwana supercontinent, which is believed to have been formed 500 million years ago from the collision of several continents... By examining the mineral composition of the rocks, Owada hopes to get a picture of the Earth 200 million years in the future, when the Asian mainland, North America and the Japanese archipelago are predicted to collide.
by Seiji Otsuka
Yomiuri Shimbun
Anything recent about the magnetic anomaly involving Lake Vostok??
Hard to imagine but they did it.
Undevelopable.
This topic article (above) came to my attention because a search a week or so ago for “Chris McKay” of NASA brought up this one:
Warning: Well in Antarctica may pop like a can of Coke
Knight-Ridder Tribune News | August 14, 2003 | Joshua L. Kwan
Posted on 08/14/2003 11:46:58 AM EDT by Dog Gone
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/964070/posts
[take the Pepsi challenge! but anyway, related topics]
Antarctica’s underground Lake Vostok could be teeming with life
Source: New Scientist
Published: 2/21/01
Posted on 02/20/2001 09:34:30 PST by dead
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a92aaa62f16.htm
Cold And Deep: Antarctica’s Lake Vostok Has Two Big Neighbors
Science News Online | 2-8-2006 | Sid Perkins
Posted on 02/08/2006 6:52:36 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574694/posts
[somewhat related]
Oldest ever ice core promises climate revelations
newscientist.com | September 8, 2003 | Magdeline Pokar, Milan
Posted on 09/08/2003 10:22:36 AM EDT by forsnax5
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/978102/posts
Antarctica ‘Lost World’ Found
CNN | 08/14/2005
Posted on 08/15/2005 4:01:20 PM EDT by TerP26
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463873/posts
[much more interesting]
Giant asteroid rocked Antarctica
Near Earth Object Information Centre | 8/20/2004 | staff
Posted on 10/18/2004 12:26:51 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1248406/posts
The Eltanin Impact Crater
Geological Society of America | October 27-30, 2002
Christy A. Glatz, Dallas H. Abbott, and Alice A. Nunes
Posted on 10/18/2004 12:46:13 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1248414/posts
Big Bang In Antarctica — Killer Crater Found Under Ice
Ohio State University | 01 June 2006 | Staff (press release)
Posted on 06/01/2006 5:26:58 PM EDT by PatrickHenry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641966/posts
Does a giant crater lie beneath the Antarctic ice?
nature news | 2 06 | Mark Peplow
Posted on 06/05/2006 12:07:10 PM EDT by S0122017
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1643681/posts
[whacked!]
What is Happening at the South Pole?
Source: The Enterprise Mission
Published: April 2001 Author: Richard Hoagland and Associates
Posted on 04/23/2001 23:11:12 PDT by ravinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ae519000490.htm
