Beerball Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 link The explorers now face the question: How do we go where no one has gone before without spoiling it or bringing back some foreign virus? "I feel very excited but once we do it there is no going back," Alexei Ekaikin, a scientist with the expedition said from Vostok Station. "Once you touch it, it will be touched forever."
Just Jack Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 So did they make it? The article says they had to finish by the 6th. And is this where the mysterious virus that wipes out 90% of man comes from like we see in all those end of the world movies?
Beerball Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 So did they make it? The article says they had to finish by the 6th. And is this where the mysterious virus that wipes out 90% of man comes from like we see in all those end of the world movies? Good question! They came up 30 meters short...sorry should have checked on that.
Booster4324 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Good question! They came up 30 meters short...sorry should have checked on that. So another 6 months or so till we can get Lake Vostok bottled water (only $99.95 per bottle). Edited February 8, 2011 by Booster4324
Fan in San Diego Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense.
Cugalabanza Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 I used to have a girlfriend whose borehole I always hoped would freeze shut. I was never that lucky. I should have sent her to Antarctica.
Bullpen Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 I used to have a girlfriend whose borehole I always hoped would freeze shut. I was never that lucky. I should have sent her to Antarctica. Aaaand we have a winner!
Beerball Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.
DC Tom Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. Kerosene and freon? To Russians, that's not contamination.
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. There has to be kind of seal? Did you catch how they got the Lost Squadron (P-38's) out of the ice in Greenland... IMO, that was pretty cool!
boyst Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 There has to be kind of seal? Did you catch how they got the Lost Squadron (P-38's) out of the ice in Greenland... IMO, that was pretty cool! Got any links to that?
Gary M Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 link Why not save the time and effort and wait for global warming to melt the ice?
dib Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Isnt that where they put the blob to keep it frozen?
Assquatch Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 "I feel very excited but once we do it there is no going back," Mark Sanchez, a quarterback with the New York Jets said from Jersey Station. "Once you touch it, it will be touched forever."
Chef Jim Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 And the Cthulhu Mythos will be complete. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) Got any links to that? Al Gore would be very mad if I Googled it for you! Between 1942 and the early 1990's (when it was recovered piece by piece)... It seems that over 33 stories of ice (268') had formed over the planes! Wait a second, I though the earth was getting warmer and Greenlnad melting away... Here you go anyway! ;-p Edited February 11, 2011 by ExiledInIllinois
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 And the Cthulhu Mythos will be complete. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." Embracing our inner nerd, are we?
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