After 20 million years of waiting Is the beast finally free?

Auldloon

A group of Russian scientists plumbing the frozen Antarctic in search of a lake buried in ice for tens of millions of years have failed to respond to increasingly anxious U.S. colleagues -- and as the days creep by, the fate of the team remains unknown.
"No word from the ice for 5 days," Dr. John Priscu -- professor of ecology at Montana State University and head of a similar Antarctic exploration program -- told FoxNews.com via email.

The team from Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) have been drilling for weeks in an effort to reach isolated Lake Vostok, a vast, dark body of water hidden 13,000 ft.  below the ice sheet's surface. The lake hasn't been exposed to air in more than 20 million years.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/?intcmp=features?test=latestnews


20 million years is a long wait to taste human blood and vodka.

dreamers75

Hopefully a reality show based on some of Syfys finest comes out of it.

Captain_Generic

No word from the article either

RichieC

Watched a doco on lake vostok. Very interesting stuff. Hope the boys are okay.

Arnold Layne

Chuileog wrote: »

A group of Russian scientists plumbing the frozen Antarctic in search of a lake buried in ice for tens of millions of years have failed to respond to increasingly anxious U.S. colleagues -- and as the days creep by, the fate of the team remains unknown.
"No word from the ice for 5 days," Dr. John Priscu -- professor of ecology at Montana State University and head of a similar Antarctic exploration program -- told FoxNews.com via email.

The team from Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) have been drilling for weeks in an effort to reach isolated Lake Vostok, a vast, dark body of water hidden 13,000 ft.  below the ice sheet's surface. The lake hasn't been exposed to air in more than 20 million years.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-
scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/?intcmp=trending#ixzz1lM211io4


20 million years is a long wait to taste human blood and vodka.

Ah, Fox News.

mawk

its fast approaching antarctic winter down there. a five day storm wouldn't be all that unusual.

those russians survived the first 20 seasons, im sure they are ok.










unless they found the thing.

My name is URL

I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is.

Fozzydog3

"U.S colleagues want to know if they said anything to offend Russian Scientists or came across as too needy "

Captain_Generic

My name is URL wrote: »

I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is.

Honey badger?

Auldloon

Captain_Generic wrote: »

No word from the article either

Contact from the article.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/?intcmp=features?test=latestnews

RDM_83 again

http://images.wikia.com/lovecraft/images/1/1b/Kraken-cthulhu.jpg

V Eight

of course the beast is finally free - what else could explain this strangeness - the Americans will be pissed that the Russians were the first into space and now the first to release the beast!!!!!!!!!!

Captain_Generic

Chuileog wrote: »

Contact from the article.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/?intcmp=features?test=latestnews

Roger Roger

Liam Byrne

What "beast" ????

W.Shakes-Beer

RDM_83 again wrote: »

http://images.wikia.com/lovecraft/images/1/1b/Kraken-cthulhu.jpg

AWWW HELLL NAAAW!

El Guapo!

Liam Byrne wrote: »

What "beast" ????

THIS ONE

TheZohanS

Article for those on mobiles:

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they're infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet. Paleontologist Kate Lloyd has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter, to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish

Hope it goes well...

cml387

I would highly recommend reading "At The Mountains Of Madness" by H P Lovecraft to give an idea of what the foolhardy Russian scientists are about to unearth.

El Guapo!

cml387 wrote: »

I would highly recommend reading "At The Mountains Of Madness" by H P Lovecraft to give an idea of what the foolhardy Russian scientists are about to unearth.

Read?.......

......A book?......





Just gimme the jist of it and I'll let you know what I think of it.

Pete M.

My name is URL wrote: »

I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and langers, whatever it is.

FYP

If he (she?) meets a load of Russians out in cold weather, you better believe that they have a lot of vodka with them :pac:

It's not that long ago really. Think even most of the dinosaurs were extinct by then.

cml387

Dean09 wrote: »

Read?.......

......A book?......





Just gimme the jist of it and I'll let you know what I think of it.

Young people today.....:rolleyes:

You deserve to be devoured by a hideous elder-world beast thingie.

44leto

Fascinating, I look forward to the findings.

I bet you someone will open a water bottling plant and sell the water for tenner a litre.

The purest water held under the pure arctic for 20 million years (best before the

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gurramok

Ah, is this the sequel to the film The Core? Ya know they go so far below they encounter strange stuff?

It's either the Kraken or Cthulhu. Either way, we're boned.

slippy wicket

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRP4u34MB3OHbAG7vj1enU_Q96ThnPBWiH4U15Lg2NQqvZhT62m

EddyC15

Has anyone here seen The Thing?

Shryke

How did it take so long for someone to mention The Thing!

Hope the lads are alright and they have a flame thrower handy.

foxinsox

EddyC15 wrote: »

Has anyone here seen The Thing?

I've seen a few things in my life..

Currently watching Jaws III and bejaysus it's very bad!

Doc Ruby

IA IA CTHULHU FTHAGN

Seriously if you want to freak people out start chanting that. I've had numpties fall on the floor bellowing hail marys after the chant began.

It does create an unsettling atmosphere though.

The_Thing

EddyC15 wrote: »

Has anyone here seen The Thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZkkIsLiNg

smokedeels

Could this be the best horror movie promo-campaign ever?

Capt'n Midnight

EddyC15 wrote: »

Has anyone here seen The Thing?

This is pure genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPPxI_qEzsI

Capt'n Midnight

mawk wrote: »

its fast approaching antarctic winter down there.

Did the Earth's axis shift recently or something ?


Otherwise it's 24 hours of daylight down there for the next few months.

so they should be safe from vampires at any rate.

Creature

Better get the flamethrowers and hot pieces of wire ready...

Capt'n Midnight

smokedeels wrote: »

Could this be the best horror movie promo-campaign ever?

I despise viral marketing campaigns for sub standard products.



The Black and white 1951 one was so-so , no special effects, the 1982 version is far better and closer to the original story which is worth reading. ( I saw the 1951 one after the '82 one)

Yes there is a modern remake , but most remakes aren't as good.


The rotten tomato score for the 2011 version is just 36% :eek:
the 1982 versions is 78%


So I would say avoid the current release of The Thing until someone you knows who has seen it has given the thumbs up.

Temptamperu

Make Kurt Russel grow a beard and send him to sort it.

Capt'n Midnight

Temptamperu wrote: »

Make Kurt Russel grow a beard and send him to sort it.

To be on the safe side give him an eye patch as well.

Lone Stone

A documentary on the lake, Its actually going to be a important find if their is life inside this lake because it is apparently considered to be simaler conditions to Jupiters moon Europa so if they find life bacteria even it would mean their is a really high chance that their is life on Europa.

Chuck Stone

I hope there's some oil or uranium or something useful down there.

An Ri rua

TheZohan wrote: »

Article for those on mobiles:



Hope it goes well...

Why 'on mobiles' ?? I don't follow.

An Ri rua

If they keep that pseudo-fracking up, the Leitrimians Lemurians will be VERY pissed....

krudler

My name is URL wrote: »

I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is.

you gotta be fcuking kiddin me

Lando Griffin

Hi all. Havent got a clue what this thread is about but if you think anyone is going to take any natural resources from the Antartic then they will have to get around the international agreement which prohibits any resources being extracted from this region. I will personally protest if this happens, we must not let them kill our Penguin friends.

cml387

An Ri rua wrote: »

Why 'on mobiles' ?? I don't follow.

You get told off if you put a link into a post without giving some clue to the contents in quotes as well.

Apparently some people use their mobile phones for reasons other than making phone calls. It's all to do with androids or something.