I was under the impression that the Russians were in control of
Lake Vostok. JPL Researchers love that frozen area and will send a
Cryobot Ice-Penetrating Probe there for testing for a ride to Europa. "One Cryobot technology development program goal is to use this mobile science platform to penetrate the Mars northern polar ice cap, in order to better understand Martian climate history and search for past or extant life. Another opportunity to prove this technology could be to explore a mysterious lake buried deep under the Antarctic ice. Lake Vostok is believed to contain water millions of years old, which may be the home of ancient organisms. This hidden body of freshwater is the size of Lake Ontario and is the largest of 70 bodies of water first detected under the polar ice-sheet in the 1970s." -JPL
Wow. Still having net problems here in NW New Mexico. Took me about 8-10 tries to get the comment window open.
Fascinating about the ice probes.
Just so they shoot any Nazi's that start crawling out [joke].