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Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet
Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet
2/8/2012
Scientists said Wednesday they had reached the waters of a lake that has been sealed off for millions of years.
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