Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years

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Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years
Left In The Dust Offer Upgrade User ID: 28622304 United States 12/03/2012 11:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years [link to www.engadget.com] UK researchers are ready to see if life can exist in one of the harshest environments on the planet: Lake Ellsworth in the Antarctic, 3 km (2 miles) below a glacier. They'll try to drill through the ice by December 12th using a high pressure sterile water jet heated to 90 degrees Celsius (194 Fahrenheit) and sterilize the patch of lake with intense ultraviolet light before attempting to retrieve a sample.

Anonymous Coward 12/03/2012 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years That's not the real reason they're drilling through it... The 'drill' is a key, and they're unlocking an ancient machine that will begin the reckoning...
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28824708 Australia 12/03/2012 11:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1342948 United States 12/03/2012 11:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years This is dangerous.

Nika User ID: 28726122 United States 12/03/2012 11:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! :infnty: :ihavgsbmp:
tarfonwxx User ID: 959411 United States 12/04/2012 12:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years this could be important to the possibility of life on europa and other ice-covered planets and moons Europa - Extraterrestrial Life - Old proposals More ambitious ideas have been put forward including an impactor in combination with a thermal drill to search for biosignatures that might be frozen in the shallow subsurface. Another proposal put forward in 2001 calls for a large nuclear-powered "melt probe" (cryobot) which would melt through the ice until it reached an ocean below. Once it reached the water, it would deploy an autonomous underwater vehicle (hydrobot) which would gather information and send it back to Earth. Both the cryobot and the hydrobot would have to undergo some form of extreme sterilization to prevent detection of Earth organisms instead of native life and to prevent contamination of the subsurface ocean. This proposed mission has not yet reached a serious planning stage. [link to en.wikipedia.org] Last Edited by tarfonwxx on 12/04/2012 12:04 AM
Nika User ID: 28726122 United States 12/04/2012 12:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years That's not the real reason they're drilling through it... The 'drill' is a key, and they're unlocking an ancient machine that will begin the reckoning... Quoting: Mister Obvious I'm guessing you don't mean a literal machine? Can you go into more details? Sounds interesting and reminds me of Admiral Byrd's experience in the Antarctic. :infnty: :ihavgsbmp:
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28824708 Australia 12/04/2012 12:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! Quoting: Nika Thaaaattts the one!!!
Nika User ID: 28726122 United States 12/04/2012 12:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! Quoting: Nika Thaaaattts the one!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 I'll link this thread to it. :infnty: :ihavgsbmp:
Left In The Dust (OP) User ID: 28622304 United States 12/04/2012 04:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Okay this is getting creepier than i expected...

Anonymous Coward User ID: 28767151 United Kingdom 12/04/2012 04:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! Quoting: Nika Thaaaattts the one!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Probably that many in your body right now. Some of which may be attempting to re write parts of your genetic code.
LaniJane User ID: 29053829 United States 12/04/2012 04:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years This is dangerous. Quoting: Fighting Spartan I agree. "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." ~ George Carlin
Left In The Dust (OP) User ID: 27903781 Bahamas 12/05/2012 12:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years

samanthasunflower User ID: 14930415 United States 12/05/2012 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years This is how horror movies begin.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27646553 United States 12/05/2012 12:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years ...because nothing could possibly go wrong
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29002615 United States 12/05/2012 01:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years Other scientists disagree finding the ice is only about 4500 years old. Any organisms within would likely be harmless.

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