Lake Vostok: Creepy **** in the south pole

Wetbench4

Strangest story of the year so far, has anyone seen the thing????

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/22524/lake_vostok_antartica_russian_scientists_have_been_radio_silent_for_5_days/index.html

Pride Fighter

They were attacked by the thing.

whatsamsn

Heads up man, theres already another thread about this. So expect this thread to be closed

But yeah, only heard about this tonight. Sounds like they had some accident. Ha, would be freaky tho if they discovered something mental down there :pac:

But what did the computer tell Blair? 27,000 hours till world wide infection ... it begins. lol.

Jesus Wept

Wetbench4 wrote: »

Strangest story of the year so far

It's only February 4th to be fair.

MrStuffins

It's quite obvious what happened.

They dug down so deep that they ended up digging all the way down to China!

puzzle factory

russia are gona hit a lake under the antartic thur or fri that hasnt seen daylight in 100 000 000 years,gona be intresting ........

puzzle factory

puzzle factory wrote: »

russia are gona hit a lake under the antartic thur or fri that hasnt seen daylight in 100 000 000 years,gona be intresting ........

goddamit should really have licked on the link first

Crann na Beatha

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tonycascarino

puzzle factory wrote: »

goddamit should really have licked on the link first

I licked the link. Tasted good too.:D

Wetbench4

whatsamsn wrote: »

But what did the computer tell Blair? 27,000 hours till world wide infection ... it begins. lol.

What computer are you talkin about??

opinion guy

I expect they are prey/bait in the game between Predator and Alien by now

dark crystal

Are Richard Branson, Al Gore, the Icelandic president and James Cameron gone AWOL too then?

onemorechance

Fox Flub: Russian Vostok Lake Scientists Safe

Russian team trying to uncover Antarctica's Lake Vostok 'Doing something that has never been done before.'

By Jason Koebler February 3, 2012 RSS Feed Print

The team of Russian scientists trying to uncover the prehistoric Lake Vostok miles beneath a surface of Antarctic ice are not lost, according to American Antarctic explorer John Priscu.

"I can assure you that they are not lost or out of contact," he wrote in an email. "I never said the Russians were lost."

Fox News reported that the team hadn't been heard from for more than five days.

"What I can tell you is that they are doing something that has never been done before—think of it, sampling a lake under 2.5 miles of ice at a location that is the highest, driest and coldest desert on our planet," he adds.

What the Russian team is trying to do is unprecedented—the waters of Lake Vostok have been left untouched beneath more than two miles of ice for more than 15 million years. Lake Vostok has been called the "most alien lake on earth," and scientists believe microscopic "extremophiles" that can survive in very low temperature and light situations might live in the water.

The drilling expedition started more than a decade ago, in 1998, and the team was expected to hit water any day as the unforgiving Antarctic winter approaches. Vostok Station, the Russians' headquarters, has recorded the lowest temperature ever seen on earth: -129 degrees. In recent days, temperatures have dipped below -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Priscu, who heads an American Antarctic exploration team, said the Russians are "working round the clock and trying to reach their goals as winter approaches. I completely understand why there are not communicating as frequently in the past."

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jkoebler@usnews.com

Twitter: @jason_koebler
Tags: Antarctica

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/02/03/fox-flub-russian-vostok-lake-scientists-safe

MrStuffins

dark crystal wrote: »

Are Richard Branson, Al Gore, the Icelandic president and James Cameron gone AWOL too then?

Well i've noticed something weird lately.

Remember in the 60s when Paul McCartney died and they replaced him with a look-a-like? Well, anyone notice anything weird about Branson lately? I think it's the hair?

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

dark crystal

MrStuffins wrote: »

Well i've noticed something weird lately.

Remember in the 60s when Paul McCartney died and they replaced him with a look-a-like? Well, anyone notice anything weird about Branson lately? I think it's the hair?

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

Hmmmm.....Looks like he's been working out too.

Glico Man

Pride Fighter wrote: »

They were attacked by the thing.

The thing from uranus?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'd like to end my life in such a way, so far down that nobody would ever be able to retrieve your body. It would almost be like that the earth you once inhabited has claimed your mortal vessel in its deep recesses forever.

Wetbench4

MrStuffins wrote: »

Well i've noticed something weird lately.

Remember in the 60s when Paul McCartney died and they replaced him with a look-a-like? Well, anyone notice anything weird about Branson lately? I think it's the hair?

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

Time to take a break from the sunbeds dick!!

Liam Byrne

Wetbench4 wrote: »

Time to take a break from the sunbeds dick!!

Maybe he likes being on the sunbeds dick!

they are not lost according to John Priscu, Arctic explorer,

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/02/03/fox-flub-russian-vostok-lake-scientists-safe

NakedNNettles

I read that article, interesting until I read the words 'Fox News'.....then I totally switched off.

put these co-ordinates in google earth, then zoom right in.

66 33' 11.58"S 99 50' 17.86"E,


I thought they fell down there

Ellis Dee

I knew there was some kind of conspiracy afoot as soon as I saw the name of the Lake - Восток (Vostok). That means "east" in Russian, but the bloody place is as far south as it gets.:):):)

Ellis Dee

Ellis Dee wrote: »

I knew there was some kind of conspiracy afoot as soon as I saw the name of the Lake - Восток (Vostok). That means "east" in Russian, but the bloody place is as far south as it gets.:):):)

the amount of conspiracys surounding this place is off the charts. including those co-ordinates i gave. storys of all sorts coming out of that hole

James Cameron is on the expedition, expect movie soon

44leto

I think this is fascinating and hopilly it will expose some new life forms which will teach us and surprise about evolution. This human achievement.

I can't help drawing a parallel with this and one of Jupiter's moons Europa. It is an Ice world but under that ice is liquid water which is kept in that state by geothermal heat generated by the moons close proximity to Jupiter. It has more liquid water then Earth and if you were a betting man it possibly may contain alien life.

I see this project as practice for what we have to do on Europa.

Interesting Documentary , first part, other parts can be found on youtube also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQhn96AhuI&feature=player_embedded#!

Nodin

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I'd like to end my life in such a way, so far down that nobody would ever be able to retrieve your body. It would almost be like that the earth you once inhabited has claimed your mortal vessel in its deep recesses forever.

As long as you'd replace "able to retreive" with "unwilling..." its death sex with Amanda Brunker fer you then.

saintsaltynuts

Nodin wrote: »

As long as you'd replace "able to retreive" with "unwilling..." its death sex with Amanda Brunker fer you then.

I can think of worst ways of dying to be fair.

44leto

44leto wrote: »

I think this is fascinating and hopilly it will expose some new life forms which will teach us and surprise about evolution. This human achievement.

I can't help drawing a parallel with this and one of Jupiter's moons Europa. It is an Ice world but under that ice is liquid water which is kept in that state by geothermal heat generated by the moons close proximity to Jupiter. It has more liquid water then Earth and if you were a betting man it possibly may contain alien life.

I see this project as practice for what we have to do on Europa.

in part two of the Docu, they discuss Europa .