[PJ-Comix]

Yeah, I checked it out and this part is disturbing:

A combination of crushing pressure, geothermal heat and the insulation of the thick ice above it is thought to keep the waters of Lake Vostok liquid.

Crushing pressure which means it is a real possibility that tons of water came rushing up the drill hole and covered the scientists with freezing water.

[aruanan]

Crushing pressure which means it is a real possibility that tons of water came rushing up the drill hole and covered the scientists with freezing water.

Sort of like drilling through the lid of a pressure cooker. Hey, what's the worst that could happen?

[aruanan]

Crushing pressure which means it is a real possibility that tons of water came rushing up the drill hole and covered the scientists with freezing water.

In all the talk about drilling such a hole did no one discuss the danger of pressure and 20 million years' worth of dissolved gases?