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News Release 14-104
Confirmed: 800 meters beneath Antarctic ice sheet, subglacial lake holds viable microbial ecosystems
Cutting-edge technology and science of the NSF-funded WISSARD project make discovery possible
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Brent C. Christner (right), of Lousiana State University, and Alex Michaud, a graduate student at Montana State University, retrieve the first water sample from Antarctica's subglacial Lake Whillans.
Credit: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University
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Ross Powell (left) and Reed Scherer, both of Northern Illinois University, recover an instrument from subglacial Lake Whillans.
Credit: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University
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Ken Mankoff of the WISSARD project monitors a borehole camera.
Credit: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University
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Colonies of bacteria cultured from samples of the water column from subglacial Lake Whillans.
Credit: Brent C. Christner, Louisiana State University
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Confirmed: 800 meters beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet, subglacial lake holds viable microbial ecosystems.
Credit: Image credit: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University/Video credit: NSF
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