A massive newly discovered lake may lie below the surface of Antarctica’s ice sheet, according to researchers. “We’ve seen these strange, linear channels on the surface, and are inferring these are ...

Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake Ontario. But unlike Lake Ontario, Lake Vostok sits beneath more than 2 miles (3 kilometers) of wind-blown snow ...

Far below the ice, the secrets of our planet's past hang on – and so do those of the aliens we may one day meet out near ...

Russian scientists are on the verge of punching a hole into a vast Antarctic lake that's buried under more than two miles of ice. If the Russians break through, they may tap into and disturb a ...

Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica's icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially ...

Scientists have identified 85 previously unknown lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's ice using a decade's worth of satellite data. The newfound lakes are "active," meaning they periodically drain and ...

An international panel of scientists will discuss research conducted at Lake Vostok in Antarctica at a press conference on Tuesday, May 28, as part of the American Geophysical Union’s 2002 Spring ...

MOSCOW (AP) – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday praised the Russian scientists who have reached a gigantic freshwater lake in Antarctica hidden under more than two miles (3.2 kilometers) of ice, ...

Selected images from the Lake Vostok B-roll package. NSF-supported scientists, including John Priscu of Montana State University, dressed in cold-weather clothing, examine a piece of ice core taken ...

Lake Vostok is about 150 miles (240 km) long and 30 miles (50 km) wide. It is the biggest of Antarctica's more than 400 subglacial lakes, which are scattered across the continent because low levels of ...